Why can't I find the boot.ini file?

**Cream** · 01-22-05, 09:49 AM

Newbie question I know.

I'm trying to dissable DEP so I can use later Nvidia drivers on my Athlon 64.
Now I know I do this in the boot.ini file but I can't find it. When I do a search all I can find is the boot.ini.backup file.....

please can anyone help...

pleeeease

**MUYA** · 01-22-05, 10:02 AM

it's on your active boot partition. It will be hidden so goto explorer--tools-folder options-view tab and then tick on show hidden files.

Wallah! u should find it where you active boot partition is!

**Cream** · 01-22-05, 10:17 AM

should it be in

C:\WINDOWS\system32

?

I was already showing hidden file

I've now dissabled
hide protected operating system files

but still can't find it?????

thanx for the help

by the way.

**MUYA** · 01-22-05, 10:25 AM

no... usualy the root of the C:\ like most active boot artition

**Cream** · 01-22-05, 10:29 AM

thanx bud... found it

funny the search function wouldn't find it

**MUYA** · 01-22-05, 10:30 AM

01-22-05, 01:24 PM

You could also do the following...
Right click my computer and select properties, now click advanced tab then under startup and recovery click settings then click edit to edit the boot.ini

01-22-05, 09:49 AM	#1
Cream Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 330	Why can't I find the boot.ini file? Newbie question I know. I'm trying to dissable DEP so I can use later Nvidia drivers on my Athlon 64. Now I know I do this in the boot.ini file but I can't find it. When I do a search all I can find is the boot.ini.backup file..... please can anyone help... pleeeease __________________ Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos/1000W Corsair HX Series ASUS P6T Deluxe - Intel i7 920 @ 3600Mhz. Sapphire HD 6990 4gb 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600) CAS 8-8-8-24 500 GB Samsung Spinpoint F1/30GB solid state OCZ Core Series V2 SSD LG GGC-H20L Razer copperhead HP LP2475W Windows 7 home Premium 64 Xbox 360 : panny 42" 1080p plasma : Denon 5.1 DHT-1356XP

01-22-05, 10:02 AM	#2
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: Why can't I find the boot.ini file? it's on your active boot partition. It will be hidden so goto explorer--tools-folder options-view tab and then tick on show hidden files. Wallah! u should find it where you active boot partition is! __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

01-22-05, 10:17 AM	#3
Cream Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 330	Re: Why can't I find the boot.ini file? should it be in C:\WINDOWS\system32 ? I was already showing hidden file I've now dissabled hide protected operating system files but still can't find it????? thanx for the help by the way. __________________ Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos/1000W Corsair HX Series ASUS P6T Deluxe - Intel i7 920 @ 3600Mhz. Sapphire HD 6990 4gb 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600) CAS 8-8-8-24 500 GB Samsung Spinpoint F1/30GB solid state OCZ Core Series V2 SSD LG GGC-H20L Razer copperhead HP LP2475W Windows 7 home Premium 64 Xbox 360 : panny 42" 1080p plasma : Denon 5.1 DHT-1356XP

01-22-05, 10:25 AM	#4
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: Why can't I find the boot.ini file? no... usualy the root of the C:\ like most active boot artition __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

01-22-05, 10:29 AM	#5
Cream Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 330	Re: Why can't I find the boot.ini file? thanx bud... found it funny the search function wouldn't find it __________________ Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos/1000W Corsair HX Series ASUS P6T Deluxe - Intel i7 920 @ 3600Mhz. Sapphire HD 6990 4gb 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600) CAS 8-8-8-24 500 GB Samsung Spinpoint F1/30GB solid state OCZ Core Series V2 SSD LG GGC-H20L Razer copperhead HP LP2475W Windows 7 home Premium 64 Xbox 360 : panny 42" 1080p plasma : Denon 5.1 DHT-1356XP

01-22-05, 10:30 AM	#6
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: Why can't I find the boot.ini file? np __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

01-22-05, 01:24 PM	#7
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Why can't I find the boot.ini file? You could also do the following... Right click my computer and select properties, now click advanced tab then under startup and recovery click settings then click edit to edit the boot.ini

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