Re: How do I stop setup when my PC re-boots...?

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From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:57:15 -0500

Ian - boot to something else. That'll use the basic VGA driver.

(1) Boot to the CD if possible (set BIOS to do so.) Then do another repair.

[or]

(2) If you can't boot to the CD, find/beg/borrow 4 clean formatted
diskettes and, on any other machine running any Windows or DOS (and has
a CD drive), create the 4 setup floppies necessary (the first is
bootable) to start the install/repair process from your CD on your
crippled machine.

To create the setup floppies, navigate to the \bootdisk directory on
your W2k CD, where you'll find makeboot.exe. Then run
     makeboot a:

Label the 4 diskettes carefully. It just saves some time. Only one is
bootable, and they call each other in series and slap your wrist if you
stick the wrong one in, so it's pretty hard to go really wrong. :-)

Then boot your machine from Setup Floppy #1 of 4 and follow your nose.

Ian Francis wrote:

> I have a machine running Windows 2000. After a few errors I found myself
> doing a repair of Win2K. During the re-install it appears that my video
> drops out but the setup continues; judging by hard drive activity. The
> problem of course is that I can't see anything so I can't finish the setup.
>
> What I would like to do now is just quit the setup anyway possible.
> Everytime I re-boot my stystem it immediately goes to the "Setup is
> restarting...." screen and I can't do anything. Any ideas on how to stop
> setup from auto launching everytime I boot my PC?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>

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