boot.ini big problem!!

[billniceguy]

anyone familiar with boot.ini problem...i googled and many sites with confusing solutions. Anyone give me nice easy simple solution. I got no boot.ini, cant get email and cant print. Help, please, tnx, Bill

[sechs]

What exactly is the issue?

[billniceguy]

have no boot.ini, cant get my email, and cant use printer..u familiar with this problem..if u google it u will see others have same problem, and i been working on it two days now and still same..pls help, tnx bill

[rodgermat]

Originally Posted by billniceguy

.................. i been working on it two days now and still same..pls help, tnx bill

Hi Bill
I think we need to know a lot more. What OS are you running? Win98, 2000, XP Pro or what?
What messages are you getting when you're booting up. Please be as specific as possible.

Microsoft has their own help for XP here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184/en-us

The easiest remedy might be to do a clean install of the OS
A new hard disk goes cheap these days, so a clean install on a new drive would be great. Then you can access your precious files on the old drive later if that drive is still healthy
Reinstalling everything from scratch, including the OS, is a good habit. At least every other year.

[sechs]

Originally Posted by billniceguy

have no boot.ini, cant get my email, and cant use printer..u familiar with this problem..if u google it u will see others have same problem, and i been working on it two days now and still same..pls help, tnx bill

But you can post here? Perhaps you'd like to answer my previous question more exactly.