Boot.ini :The main gate of windowsXP as it looks

hi friends,

Do you know what is boot.ini?

If you know then its very fine but in case u dont know..

Assuming u r running a windows XP machine...

press win+r it will open run dialog box... type cmd

ok here is ur command prompt..

type => cd \

now u are in the top level of the directory and where ur boot.ini will be

type => attrib -r -s -h boot.ini

type => notepad boot.ini

it will be like

[boot loader]

timeout=10

default= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /bootlogo

this has the information of kernel to be started when computer starts.. timeout in case u have multiple kernels..

u can change it but be carefull

[boot loader]

timeout=10

default= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Volant -Hacked Boot Window" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /bootlogo

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /bootlogo

Like here i have added one line which will show the "Volant -Hacked ...."

although
this will boot the same kernel but will show options to select one of
the two within the time of timeout.. u can addmany more.. its up to ur
choice...

this is the simple basic abt boot.ini or say intro of boot.ini to the newbies..

later i will post a hack that will change ur boot window also..

enjoy..

more on this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLDR

Ravi Kumar Gupta
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