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Hello,
I'm hoping someone here is kind enough to post the contents of their x60's boot.ini file

I've overwritten my mbr, have no external CD-rom, and no recovery media. I need to see the contents of a "default" boot.ini file to check how it differs from mine

the boot.ini file I need to see is for a thinkpad X60(tablet), running WindowsXP

Thank You

Welcome to the forum!

Basic BOOT.INI contents:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

However, adding this BOOT.INI file will not correct whatever MBR issues exist that prevent booting. For that, use any one of many utilities which let you repair the MBR, including the MS-DOS "FDISK.EXE /MBR".

If you do not have an external floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, or docking station for booting the repair media, then format a USB stick with the following utility to make it bootable, then place on it whatever repair utility you prefer, and boot from it to repair your MBR.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Te ... ITY-I23839

Here is the Lenovo MBR repair utility. Place the repairmbr.exe file on the bootable USB flash drive, boot from the USB drive by pressing F12 at boot-up and selecting the USB drive, then run this file:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-62978

Good luck!