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Edit the Windows boot settings stored in Boot.ini

Default identification strings:

OS Load Options = /Fastdetect
Load Identifier = Microsoft Windows XP Professional

If you intend to rebuild the boot.ini file, delete it first – boot into the recovery console then:

ATTRIB -H -R -S C:Boot.ini DEL C:Boot.ini Bootcfg /Rebuild Fixboot

 

Syntax

      BOOTCFG /addsw    Add OS load options for an OS entry in boot.ini      BOOTCFG /copy     Duplicate the entries for an OS instance.

BOOTCFG /dbg1394  Configure 1394 port debugging

BOOTCFG /debug    Edit the debug settings for an OS.

BOOTCFG /default  Specify the default OS

BOOTCFG /delete   Delete an OS entry [operating systems] section of Boot.ini

BOOTCFG /ems      Redirect the EMS console to a remote computer (server only).

                        (Emergency Management Services)



      BOOTCFG /list     List entries in boot.ini

BOOTCFG /query    Display section entries from Boot.ini

BOOTCFG /raw      Add OS load options, specified as a string

BOOTCFG /rebuild  Totally rebuild boot.ini (use when Windows won't start)

BOOTCFG /rmsw     Remove OS load options for an OS

BOOTCFG /timeout  Change the OS time-out value.




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