Or grab one off another machine and look at the structure and make any drive or partition adjustments before copying to the dead box using a boot disk or bootcd
lopaka ________________________________ From: FORC5 <fuf...@cox.net> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 2:27:52 PM Subject: Re: [H] Killed an Old Machine! off the top of my head forget the commands but is possible to rebuild the boot.ini from a repair console when u boot to the install disk, lot easier then a repair install. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000648.htm hohoho At 03:21 PM 3/17/2010, DSinc Poked the stick with: >Should I be stupid enough to DELETE a 'boot.ini' file on an XPpro >machine,...... >...do I have a chance of getting this machine back? > >Can I use a Repair Install to fix this stupid USER error? > >This is not cardiac arrest. >This is a very old and "dying" machine I forced to WinXP. >This is an Asus CUBX m/b (512MB). >This is an Intel P-3 800Mhz machine. >This is a machine that has been flakey for about 6 months! >This is a machine that does not like to 'Shut Down.' > >I can totally loose all of the DATA on this machine! I backed this >machine up 2 days ago using my M$ backup logic. > >Opinions welcome. >Viking Funeral is in the plan....... >(I get a Lian-Li case for a new toy!) >Best, >Duncan -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Is a hippie haircut an example of the lunatic fringe?
