Two Windows XP On Computer

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November 2, 2004 at 1:56 pm #103573

Jeff Hester
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Well I didn’t want to keep being a pest with all my questions. I still haven’t formatted. When I type C:/boot.ini on my windows explorer it opens in notepad. Then I make the necessary changes and try to save and that message appears.

November 2, 2004 at 2:15 pm #103583

David
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Right click on the file in explorer and make it not read-only on the properties dialog.

November 2, 2004 at 10:56 pm #103574

Jeff Hester
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I couldn’t find the file boot.ini unless I type C:/boot.ini and then it opens in notepad. The actual file I searched for and couldn’t find it. Anyway to end all this, I’ve decided for sure that I’m going to reformat, especially after having found trojans on my computer after running my ad-aware and norton today and I’m just gonna clean all this junk off my computer. Thanks again. I really appreciate it guys. I’ll just reformat.

November 2, 2004 at 11:09 pm #103580

DJHyperbyte
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Okay… for the record, Windows hides protected operating system files (which includes boot.ini) by default. You can turn this off in the folder options.

Happy reformatting. 🙂

November 3, 2004 at 1:26 am #103584

Someguy03
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By the way, you can get to “Folder Options” by opening windows explorer > “tools” menu >> Folder Options… >>> Go to the “View” Tab >>>> Under “Hidden Files and Folders” you can select either “Do not show hidden files and folders” or “Show hidden files and Folders”.
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