System freeze during startup, safe boot doesn't work
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 9:01 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Blue Wizard
(4 messages posted)
I restarted a computer for what appeared to be a routine update for my spyware-removing
program. When the computer restarts, it freezes at the Windows 2000 screen where
there's a blue load bar at the bottom – the bar fills, but it never gets past that
screen. If you wait long enough it will flash a blue screen with some white text
on it (it goes too fast to tell what it says) before restarting and repeating the
entire process all over again.
When I attempt to boot into safe mode, the computer freezes at the screen before,
the black-and-white part that says "Starting Windows..." and has a loading bar along
the bottom. I have a 2000 Professional reinstall CD, and I've been able to install
another copy of Windows in a separate directory on the same partition (I called it
WINNT2, in contrast to the nonfunctional WINNT), so I can get into my computer and
access my files. Can anyone suggest a method for getting my computer up and running
again?
Oh, one other thing – when I boot from my 2K CD and attempt to repair the directory,
it only recognizes the new WINNT2 directory, not WINNT. Maybe this information is
helpful.
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