January 2005
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
25h 59m
English
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Name
Boot Configuration Manager —
\windows\system32\bootcfg.exe
Synopsis
Configure and view entries in the
boot.ini
file, used by the Windows XP Boot
Manager.(Boot Configuration Manager is
included with Windows XP Professional only.)
To Open
Command Prompt →
bootcfg
Usage
bootcfg /command[parameters]
Description
The Windows XP Boot Manager, responsible for
supporting multiple operating systems on the same system, is
installed when Windows XP is installed. If there is more than one
boot entry, a menu appears before Windows is loaded, allowing the
user to choose an operating system to load. The entries in the menu
are configured in a file called boot.ini,
located in the root directory of your boot drive.
boot.ini is a plain text file and can be edited
with Notepad. However, the syntax can be complex, so the Boot
Configuration Manager can be used to add, remove, or configure
entries and options.
Unfortunately, the Boot Configuration Manager doesn’t have an interface to speak of. Rather, commands are issued by typing them at the command prompt, like this:
bootcfg /query
There are 11 primary commands, each with its own set of parameters. To list all the available commands, type:
bootcfg /?
To see the usage of any particular command, type the command followed
by /?, like this:
bootcfg /query /?
Notes
Among the commands available to the Boot Configuration Manager, the most interesting are the
/copy,/delete, and/querycommands, used to add, remove, and view the entries inboot.ini, respectively. ...
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