Detailed explanation of Boot.ini files _ hardware Maintenance

The common Boot.ini formats are as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
Default=multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) \WINXP
[Operating Systems]
multi (X) disk (Y) rdisk (Z) partition (Q) \winxp= "Microsoft Windows XP Professional"/fastdetect
SCSI (X) disk (Y) rdisk (Z) partition (Q) \win98= Microsoft Windows/fastdetect

The following highlights the [operating systems] section.

1.partition (q) Indicates the sequence number of the primary partition on the same fast hard disk where the system root of the operating system is located (Q starting from 1).
2.rdisk (z) If you start with a multi, z plants the hard disk sequence number (Z starting from 0) on the same disk controller that contains the partition on which the system root of the operating system resides.
If you start with a SCSI, the z value is meaningless, and constant equals 0.
3.disk (y) If you start with a SCSI, the hard disk sequence number (Y starting from 0) on the same disk controller that the partition on which the system root of the operating system resides.
If you start with a multi, the Y value is meaningless, and constant equals 0.
4. If the computer has both an IDE disk and a SCSI disk (or only the IDE), and the SCSI setting in the BIOS is set to enable, start with multi (X), where x indicates the sequence number (x starting from 0) on the same disk controller where the disk controller on which the system root directory of the OS resides resides.
If the computer has only a SCSI controller, it starts with a scsi (x), where x indicates the sequence number of the disk controller on the same disk controller that contains the partition on which the system root of the OS resides (x starts at 0).



/safeboot: Security boot, only drivers and services in Hklm\system\currentcontrolsetcontrol\safeboot are started, followed by three parameters minimal, network, or Dsrepair. Minimal and network allow the system to start under Network connections. The Dsrepair requires that the system call into the Active Directory settings from the backup device. Another option is minimal (Alternateshell), which lets the system transfer into the shell program specified by Hklm\system\currentcontrolsetsafeboot\alternateshell, Instead of using the default explorer.

/noguiboot: does not load the VGA driver, it does not display the startup process and the blue screen information when it fails.

/bootlog: Writes the log to the Nnbtlog.txt file.

/basevideo: Boot using standard VGA mode, which is used primarily to display driver failures.

/sos: Displays its name when the driver name is called and is better used when the driver fails to start.

With the above settings, we can easily set the launch menu!



From the above, BOOT. INI is a very important system file, without it, the system will not be able to boot, so we usually need to make a necessary backup, but also to edit its methods. In particular, when installing multiple systems, the file is often corrupted if it is not in the order of installation from low to high (Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003). If we had the means to revise and edit it, there would be no way to do it.

Modify Windows Boot splash screen
1. Open C:boot.ini with Notepad, locate the line where the Windows XP startup item is located, and add the/noguiboot at the end
2. Find yourself a good boot screen, stored under C:\Windows named Boot.bmp picture size of 640*480 16 colors