How to check System Boot partition and Boot.ini option using a script

The following knowledgebase will explain the methods you can use to check System Boot Partition of the Operating System and BOOT.ini option on local and remote computer.

To check on local computer:

You can use the following methods:

1. Connecting to Remote Registry Service
2. Using a script

The first method is easy but includes a lot of efforts. You can navigate to the following location in registry after connecting to remote registry:

HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Control

The above registry key includes the following values in right pane:

systembootdevice REG_SZ multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

systemstartoptions REG_SZ NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF FASTDETECT

To check on a Remote Computer:

You can use the below script to check the LogPath and Tasks Folder on a remote computer:

@echo off

Srvlist=C:\Temp\Srvlist.txt

Echo Computer Name, System Boot Partition, BOOT.INI Options >> Result.csv

SET Sys_Part=

SET Boot_Option=

For /F “Tokens=*” %%a In (%srvlist%) Do (

Set Comp_name=%%a

Set RegQry=”\\%%a\HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control” /v SystemBootDevice

Set RegQry1=”\\%%a\HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control” /v SystemStartOptions

REG.exe Query %RegQry% > CheckCC.txt

REG.exe Query %RegQry1% > CheckCC1.txt

Find /i “SystemBootDevice” < CheckCC.txt > StringCheck.txt

FOR /f “Tokens=3” %%b in (CheckCC.txt) DO SET Sys_Part=%%b

Find /i “SystemStartOptions” < CheckCC1.txt > StringCheck.txt

FOR /f “Tokens=3” %%b in (CheckCC1.txt) DO SET Boot_Option=%%b

Echo %Comp_name, %Sys_Part%, %Boot_Option% >> Result.csv

)

The above script will check remote computer for two registry entries for System Boot Partition and System Start Options and the results will be saved in a CSV format file.