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Thanks for the smack in the back of the head, I did not have "hide protected
operating system files" unchecked.

I feel like a dolt...

I was able to rename the files as listed above, but this did not fix the
problem. (There is no visable diffrence)

The last step in the instructions that I was following is to remove the
entire C:/Boot directory. Performing that step produces an unbootable XP
partition.

I think it may be time to just wipe the drive and clean install RC2.

"Spirefm" wrote:

> When you are trying to find the boot.ini file had you set Tools/Folder
> Options/View to 'show hidden files' AND unhide 'protected operating system
> files' ? Colin
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