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I am trying to rebuild the XP boot.ini file. When I try recovery console it reports out of memory. Any suggestions?
I would like to run Combofix on the PC to clear infections (Macafee repeatedly finds and deletes a couple of files it reports as Trojans). When I try Combofix it says that it is unable to create some files...
Some months ago I installed Recovery Console on the PC but it has now disappeared!
When I boot the machine I get an error message that boot.ini is corrupt. I've tried to edit it without success so decided to rebuild it using Recovery Console.
I can't install Recovery Console on to the hard Drive because of the faulty boot.ini so I tried to run it from the CD. When I enter the command bootcfg /rebuild it says .."scanning all disks for Window... this will take some time..." After some time an eror message saying Out of memory. I unplugged all drives apart from the boot drive and tried again with the same result - out of memory.
Meanwhile th emachine boots up and runs OK with the exception that it won't do a scandisk (or run Combofix)
Any suggestions as to rectify the situation would be welcome. I think the first thing is how can I get Recovery Console + Bootcfg / rebuild to work. The other matters may then fall into place.
Some months ago I installed Recovery Console on the PC but it has now disappeared!
When I boot the machine I get an error message that boot.ini is corrupt. I've tried to edit it without success so decided to rebuild it using Recovery Console.
I can't install Recovery Console on to the hard Drive because of the faulty boot.ini so I tried to run it from the CD. When I enter the command bootcfg /rebuild it says .."scanning all disks for Window... this will take some time..." After some time an eror message saying Out of memory. I unplugged all drives apart from the boot drive and tried again with the same result - out of memory.
Meanwhile th emachine boots up and runs OK with the exception that it won't do a scandisk (or run Combofix)
Any suggestions as to rectify the situation would be welcome. I think the first thing is how can I get Recovery Console + Bootcfg / rebuild to work. The other matters may then fall into place.
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I did a chkdsk /r which repaired some errrors.
I ran fixmbr and fixboot, rebooted and tested. PC boots OK (still with error in boot.ini)
I did another chkdsk and no errors were found. Ran console once more and it still can not finish, saying out of memory. (The PC has 4gb).
I tried Combofix and it ran. It reported that Console was not on the HD and attempted to download Console online but then after some time said there was an error and aborted the download. It then tried to do a scan but did not complete it - I cancelled after about 40 mins.
Any further suggestions would be appreciated.
I ran fixmbr and fixboot, rebooted and tested. PC boots OK (still with error in boot.ini)
I did another chkdsk and no errors were found. Ran console once more and it still can not finish, saying out of memory. (The PC has 4gb).
I tried Combofix and it ran. It reported that Console was not on the HD and attempted to download Console online but then after some time said there was an error and aborted the download. It then tried to do a scan but did not complete it - I cancelled after about 40 mins.
Any further suggestions would be appreciated.
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I've redone chkdsk /r and then fixmbr again followed by fixboot. When I again tried bootcfg /rebuild I once more got the memory error.
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Ok... go ahead and boot the system. Right-click My Computer and select properties. [OK]
select Advanced [OK]
Under the Starup and Recovery section, click on Settings [OK]
In the System Starup section, click on Edit [as soon as I click on Settings the following error message appears The c:\boot.ini file can not be opened. Operating System and Timeout settings can not be changed.]
select Advanced [OK]
Under the Starup and Recovery section, click on Settings [OK]
In the System Starup section, click on Edit [as soon as I click on Settings the following error message appears The c:\boot.ini file can not be opened. Operating System and Timeout settings can not be changed.]
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