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Captkurt
July 31st 04, 03:30 AM
Hi to all,
I have a duel boot system, ME / 2000,
and my question is this, when booting up my PC, it comes
to a dos screeen asking me to select the OS I want to boot
to, either ME or Windows 2000,
I would like to modify this page, to have the order
changed, but cannot find it.
Can someone tell me where this file is? or the name of the
file that is being called here. Thanks in advance for any
help.

Mike M
July 31st 04, 03:38 AM
The file you are looking for is boot.ini
--
Mike Maltby



Captkurt > wrote:

> Hi to all,
> I have a duel boot system, ME / 2000,
> and my question is this, when booting up my PC, it comes
> to a dos screeen asking me to select the OS I want to boot
> to, either ME or Windows 2000,
> I would like to modify this page, to have the order
> changed, but cannot find it.
> Can someone tell me where this file is? or the name of the
> file that is being called here. Thanks in advance for any
> help.

July 31st 04, 03:45 AM
I did a search for this file you name as Boot.ini, and it
does not show up? any ideas?
and thanks for your trying.

>-----Original Message-----
>The file you are looking for is boot.ini
>--
>Mike Maltby

>
>
>Captkurt > wrote:
>
>> Hi to all,
>> I have a duel boot system, ME / 2000,
>> and my question is this, when booting up my PC, it comes
>> to a dos screeen asking me to select the OS I want to
boot
>> to, either ME or Windows 2000,
>> I would like to modify this page, to have the order
>> changed, but cannot find it.
>> Can someone tell me where this file is? or the name of
the
>> file that is being called here. Thanks in advance for
any
>> help.
>.
>

Mike M
July 31st 04, 04:22 AM
Look harder.
--
Mike Maltby



>
wrote:

> I did a search for this file you name as Boot.ini, and it
> does not show up? any ideas?
> and thanks for your trying.

Captkurt
July 31st 04, 04:40 AM
If I do a search using the search functions of Windows,
and it finds nothing, how can I look harder?
I think your mistaken,


>-----Original Message-----
>Look harder.
>--
>Mike Maltby

>
>

>
>wrote:
>
>> I did a search for this file you name as Boot.ini, and
it
>> does not show up? any ideas?
>> and thanks for your trying.
>
>.
>

Mike M
July 31st 04, 05:27 AM
It is you who are mistaken. You will find boot.ini in the root of C:. Make
sure that you have Explorer enabled to see hidden system files and folders and
also make sure you check all your system drives.
--
Mike Maltby



Captkurt > wrote:

> If I do a search using the search functions of Windows,
> and it finds nothing, how can I look harder?
> I think your mistaken,

CaptKurt
July 31st 04, 07:12 AM
I believe you're mistaken this for maybe windows 3.1 or
something. I thank you for your help, but it's not as you
say, If any one else out there, knows where I can find
this file, I could really use you're help, and thanks in
advance.


>-----Original Message-----
>It is you who are mistaken. You will find boot.ini in
the root of C:. Make
>sure that you have Explorer enabled to see hidden system
files and folders and
>also make sure you check all your system drives.
>--
>Mike Maltby

>
>
>Captkurt > wrote:
>
>> If I do a search using the search functions of Windows,
>> and it finds nothing, how can I look harder?
>> I think your mistaken,
>
>.
>

Noel Paton
July 31st 04, 08:19 AM
Mike is perfectly correct - it's you that's in error.

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"CaptKurt" > wrote in message
...
> I believe you're mistaken this for maybe windows 3.1 or
> something. I thank you for your help, but it's not as you
> say, If any one else out there, knows where I can find
> this file, I could really use you're help, and thanks in
> advance.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It is you who are mistaken. You will find boot.ini in
> the root of C:. Make
> >sure that you have Explorer enabled to see hidden system
> files and folders and
> >also make sure you check all your system drives.
> >--
> >Mike Maltby
>
> >
> >
> >Captkurt > wrote:
> >
> >> If I do a search using the search functions of Windows,
> >> and it finds nothing, how can I look harder?
> >> I think your mistaken,
> >
> >.
> >

Mart
July 31st 04, 02:15 PM
No mistake, see :-

"How To Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311578

e.g. section on 'saving a backup copy of boot.ini' :-

"In the left pane, click the %systemroot% drive, in the right pane, click
the Boot.ini file, and then click 'Copy'

Mart



"CaptKurt" > wrote in message
...
> I believe you're mistaken this for maybe windows 3.1 or
> something. I thank you for your help, but it's not as you
> say, If any one else out there, knows where I can find
> this file, I could really use you're help, and thanks in
> advance.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It is you who are mistaken. You will find boot.ini in
> the root of C:. Make
> >sure that you have Explorer enabled to see hidden system
> files and folders and
> >also make sure you check all your system drives.
> >--
> >Mike Maltby
>
> >
> >
> >Captkurt > wrote:
> >
> >> If I do a search using the search functions of Windows,
> >> and it finds nothing, how can I look harder?
> >> I think your mistaken,
> >
> >.
> >

Mike M
July 31st 04, 02:58 PM
Why can't you admit that you are the one who is in error? You ask for help,
get given the answer and then fail repeatedly to accept what you are told. If
this is an indication of the level of your competence when dealing with
computers may I suggest you give your PC to someone who at the very least
knows how to use Explorer.
--
Mike Maltby



CaptKurt > wrote:

> I believe you're mistaken this for maybe windows 3.1 or
> something. I thank you for your help, but it's not as you
> say, If any one else out there, knows where I can find
> this file, I could really use you're help, and thanks in
> advance.

CaptKurt
August 1st 04, 09:32 AM
Ok, my bad, your right! I now found it, "thank you very
much" for your direction, and persistance.



>-----Original Message-----
>No mistake, see :-
>
>"How To Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows 2000"
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;311578
>
>e.g. section on 'saving a backup copy of boot.ini' :-
>
>"In the left pane, click the %systemroot% drive, in the
right pane, click
>the Boot.ini file, and then click 'Copy'
>
>Mart
>
>
>
>"CaptKurt" > wrote in
message
...
>> I believe you're mistaken this for maybe windows 3.1 or
>> something. I thank you for your help, but it's not as
you
>> say, If any one else out there, knows where I can find
>> this file, I could really use you're help, and thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >It is you who are mistaken. You will find boot.ini in
>> the root of C:. Make
>> >sure that you have Explorer enabled to see hidden
system
>> files and folders and
>> >also make sure you check all your system drives.
>> >--
>> >Mike Maltby
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Captkurt > wrote:
>> >
>> >> If I do a search using the search functions of
Windows,
>> >> and it finds nothing, how can I look harder?
>> >> I think your mistaken,
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>