powerless 23:45 11 Oct 2003
No. As the boot.ini file has always been as above but without "signature(1bfc1bfb)"
The hardware etc settings on XP (for activation) is in the wpa.db file.
Strange entry in the boot.ini file
Windows XP SP1 and in the boot.ini file....
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=signature(1bfc1bfb)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
signature(1bfc1bfb)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
What is the "signature(1bfc1bfb)"?
Yesterday i did reformat and reinstall and have only just noticed this.
Also in msconfig when checking the boot paths. XP tells me that:
signature(1bfc1bfb)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
Does not point to a valid operating system and would I like to remove it?
I will not remove it as i may not be able to boot into XP.
Scanned for a virus etc but nothing.
Talking of a virus, Norton AV 2004 has an option to "Load Auto-Protect during system boot" which is different to "Start Auto-Protect when Windows starts up" Could it be a way of checking for a boot virus?
Computer boots and runs ok but what is the "signature(1bfc1bfb)"?
hugh-265156 23:49 11 Oct 2003
not sure,mine for xp home is:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console"/cmdcons (you may not have this bit though)
powerless 23:52 11 Oct 2003
No i do not have WRC bit.
powerless 00:07 12 Oct 2003
oooo
"The System BIOS or controller hosting the boot partition on which Windows is installed, does not support INT-13 EXTENSIONS, or has the INT-13 Extensions option disabled, and the partition on which you installed Windows is either larger than ~7.8 gigabytes (GB) in size, or the ending cylinder number for that partition is higher than 1024." I think that it is the one.
powerless 00:31 12 Oct 2003
I actually deleted a partition so i think that made it add "signature(1bfc1bfb)" when i created another partition.
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