I am in the recovery console and I can't ATTRIB or DEL the boot.ini because it does not exist on the root of my DRIVE. When I use bootcfg /rebuild it works fine and I can add to it but can not delete it. When I next boot windows it has the new options I added using bootcfg and the old ones are still there.

Any ideas?

Thanks.What operating system is this? Vista no longer uses the Boot.ini.
If it's windows XP then are you saying that boot.ini doesn't exist on the C drive when you are in the recovery console?

I don't see that as a problem since you shouldn't be using attrib on the boot.ini. You can edit it with the bootcfg option. What are you trying to do that you can't do with bootcfg?Why are you in the recovery console?
Windows XP or Windows Vista or another operating system?I'm in the recovery console because Windows XP won't boot due to a hal.dll ERROR. Hal.dll missing?

As for the missing Boot.INI file, have you installed software/hardware recently?Did you swap this hard drive out of one machine into another ? ?
At any rate we are going to need more info on this dilemna... Quote from: Kevvin on February 06, 2008, 05:21:39 PM

I'm in the recovery console because Windows XP won't boot due to a hal.dll error.