i am running windows 2000 and when i try to start it when it gets to the windows 2000 start up screen it gets halfway through the startup and just stops without any errors or anything, even when i do it in safe mode. can anyone think of whats wrong?
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i am running windows 2000 and when i try to start it when it gets to the windows 2000 start up screen it gets halfway through the startup and just stops without any errors or anything, even when i do it in safe mode. can anyone think of whats wrong?
have you tried reinstalling it? there is a repair option I belive and there is one which installs everything again without changing system setting. might help:D
umm and have you tried step by step startup? that way you could figure out at what step it's hanging (I guess:D:D)
i dont want to reinstall because i have alot of stuff that i cant afford to lose. and there is no step by step startup choice in the startup choices.
I said there is an option "save system setting" or something like that. You wont have to reinstall anything. Just make sure you dont loose your Desktop/my documents :DQuote:
Originally posted by BigBosky
i dont want to reinstall because i have alot of stuff that i cant afford to lose. and there is no step by step startup choice in the startup choices.
how do i boot to the windows 2000 cd
my computer did not come with windows 2000
so i can only boot to the system cd with windows Me.
is there another way to get to the windows 2000 cd with out
getting into windows?
isnt your CD bootable?!!Quote:
Originally posted by BigBosky
how do i boot to the windows 2000 cd
my computer did not come with windows 2000
so i can only boot to the system cd with windows Me.
is there another way to get to the windows 2000 cd with out
getting into windows?
You can go to setup and change your boot sequence so that it says "CD-ROM, C:, .....". Just to be sure that you can boot from a CD.
There is a folder in the CD also which will make bootable floppies, this way you can boot from a floppy, and then work with the CD. But I never like to do that. why? because it makes 4 floppies and it kinda takes a while to load from 4 floppies (umm, maybe a few minutes only:D:D:D like 2?:D)
You need the windows 2000 cd in order to repair windows 2000, BigBosky. The option is called system repair i think and it will reinstall all of the core windows components/files, but will leave data/settings as is.
again, you need the win2k cd in order to do it
hiQuote:
Originally posted by Kagey
You need the windows 2000 cd in order to repair windows 2000, BigBosky. The option is called system repair i think and it will reinstall all of the core windows components/files, but will leave data/settings as is.
again, you need the win2k cd in order to do it
When did this occur. Was it previously working? Or what?Quote:
Originally posted by BigBosky
i am running windows 2000 and when i try to start it when it gets to the windows 2000 start up screen it gets halfway through the startup and just stops without any errors or anything, even when i do it in safe mode. can anyone think of whats wrong?
Just one day, didn't work?
well i well i went out of town for the weekend and when i came back and tried to start my computer this was happening. i have yet to figure out what the hell happened. i tried booting into safe mode, command prompt..you name it i tried it. neither the repare option in the install or a emergency repair disk worked. so i had no choice but to re-image and lose all my stuff.
When starting Win2k / XP, around the halfway point, it checks the SAM registries for valid usernames / passwords. Is / was your system passworded at all, or did you login automatically?
Reason i ask, is because the SAM register can sometimes be corrupted when a user tries to access a network proxy address. I trust Microsoft have fixed this issue with SP3!
You could of retrieved the data if the SAM registry was the problem, although you would need to manually backup every profile to a GHO image and then re-integrate them back into a fresh install.
If it ever happens again, please feel free to call me, and i'll gladly help you where possible.
Makes you wonder why it worked before you left, and when you return... it doesn't. Did someone else have access to it? A little knowledge is a dangerous thing !
Regards,
Paul.