Stuck in Windows XP (Invalid BOOT.ini file, booting from C:\WINDOWS)

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Chiyokra

I happen to now own a old Windows XP machine since one of my family members isn't using it anymore and i've tried everything i can possibly think of in order to install a new OS on it but no matter what i do it always shows the "Invalid BOOT.ini" error and boots straight into Windows. It won't let me boot from any dvd/cd disc and i went as far as using DriveDroid on my phone to use my phone to install a Linux distro and nothing works. I can't use software like EasyBCD to install Windows from an ISO file because of the boot.ini error. I've tried changing the boot order in the bios, i've tried reseting the bios, and i even copy/pasted the info from the default boot.ini file that Windows has into the boot.ini file from C:\ and i'm still getting the same error (even with everything set to default in msconfig)


Thank you for reading and any help would be appreciated.

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