# Windows expert needed...boot.ini has been deleted

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-expert-needed-boot-ini-has-been-deleted/235178>\
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**Created:** [August 9, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-expert-needed-boot-ini-has-been-deleted/235178 "2007-08-09T02:01:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-expert-needed-boot-ini-has-been-deleted/235178/1 "2007-08-09T02:01:48Z")

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So like a month ago, I deleted boot.ini  
Don’t ask why, I don’t remember. I found it randomly and deleted it because it seemed out of place.

Anyways, now I want to reformat my hard drive, but I can’t since my computer won’t read my windows XP disc from the rom. I hit f12, and select boot from cd-Rom but i get an error message along the lines of drive not found ress f1 to restart or f2 to go to setup. I don’t have a flappy drive either.

Any ideas?