Re: win2k nightmare (system freezes)
From: pen (pen34usnospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/14/04
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 08:14:11 -0400
At this point, you have to consider it's a hardware problem.
As a first step, download and run from a bootable floppy
memtest86.
http://www.memtest86.com/
"ron" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> i turned off the system, restarted with the cd to do a
> repair. the thing got all the way to the 'performing
> final tasks' screen at 'registers components' and the
> scrool bar got about 75% of the way across then it froze
> again.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >ok, i finally had a chance to follow the instructions on
> >the support page. i did it as if i were replacing the
> >motherboard. i put the cloned drive back into my system,
> >started it up and fixed any cliches, from windows ran
> >setup from the cd, shut off the system as it restarted,
> >removed the cloned drive, put it into its proper system
> >and started up, continued with setup, setup finished and
> >the system restarted. it got the the blue screen but
> >before it did loaded the settings and security policy it
> >restarted again. this time it got to the black 'starting
> >windows' screen, took a few minutes then restarted
> again.
> >it did that one more time then the screen went black with
> >no ativity. i turned it off then tried restarting in
> safe
> >mode and it got stuck at the black 'starting windows'
> >screen. i turned it off then tried restarting in safe
> >mode with command prompt and it got stayed at the
> >black 'starting windows' screen for a few minutes then
> >went on the blue screen saying wait for something (forgot
> >what it said). a couple minutes later it rebooted
> again.
> >i went for safe mode with command prompt again and now it
> >is stuck at the black 'starting windows' screen. why is
> >it restarting so much?
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>You basically ported a Win2000 installation from one PC
> >>to another. Here is Microsoft's suggestion of how to go
> >>about this:
> >>
> >>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> >us;824125
> >>
> >>
> >>"ron" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >message
> >>news:1a30001c44dee$85628cc0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >>> actually, i did it a couple of times. the first time i
> >>> removed the drive, took it home and put it in an extra
> >>> case that i had, then think i used a win98 boot disk
> and
> >>> ran fdisk to delete all of the partitions (this drive
> >had
> >>> that ibm_preload and one other partition that i can't
> >>> remember what they called it) then created one
> partition
> >>> utilizing the whole drive then i formatted. after the
> >>> format i booted with the win2k pro cd. it ran ok at
> >>> home. nothing seemed to be wrong. i even installed
> the
> >>> norton to ensure that it had antivirus coverage. when
> i
> >>> got it back to work and put it back into the original
> >case
> >>> it still would freeze. at the time i didn't know that
> >>> win2k drives had trouble being moved from system to
> >>> system. after that i took the drive out again and put
> >it
> >>> into my win2k machine and ran partition manager. that
> >>> enabled me to copy my drive to it (my drive also had
> >that
> >>> ibm_preload stuff). when it was done i disconnected my
> >>> drive and rebooted with the clone. it worked fine in
> my
> >>> machine but as soon as i put it back into it original
> >>> system it continued to freeze at various points. i've
> >>> tried to do the repair thing with the cd to give the
> >drive
> >>> a chance to see all of the hardware components in the
> >>> original system but that doesn't seem to help. at
> >least i
> >>> have the product code if i have to do a reinstall.
> does
> >>> this help?
> >>>
> >>> >-----Original Message-----
> >>> >
> >>> >"ron" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >>> message
> >>> >news:19f4f01c44dc1$85f4db20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>> >> hi,
> >>> >> one of our win2k machines (an ibm netvista)
> >started
> >>> >> freezing up. when i could get it up long enough to
> >run
> >>> >> the antivirus software it couldn't find anything (we
> >>> have
> >>> >> norton corporate edition for the site and i also
> >tried
> >>> >> trendmicro's and mcafee's free online scans). even
> >in
> >>> >> safe mode, nothing was found. for some weird
> reason,
> >>> if i
> >>> >> get one of norton's virus removal tools started
> (like
> >>> the
> >>> >> sasser tool) the system won't lock up while it is
> >>> running,
> >>> >> but as soon as it is done, it will lock up. out of
> >>> >> frustration i wiped the drive (i didn't know win2k
> >would
> >>> >> be so picky) then put it into my system (another ibm
> >>> >> netvista) as a slave and copied the drive. when i
> >>> >> returned the drive to its original case, i started
> >it up
> >>> >> and the *($&%% thing locked up again. if it is a
> >virus
> >>> >> how could it survive a partition delete and
> format?
> >if
> >>> it
> >>> >> is a hardware problem, what would most likely be the
> >>> >> problem? the only expansion cards are a network
> card
> >>> and
> >>> >> video card (i have since removed the video card). i
> >>> have
> >>> >> tried repairing it with the cd and the emergency
> >repair
> >>> >> disk. do i have to do a reinstall on over the
> >current
> >>> >> setup? will that preserve the links to the software
> >>> that
> >>> >> is on there such as office and word? any help
> would
> >be
> >>> >> greatly appreciated.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> .
> >>> >
> >>> >- How exactly did you wipe the drive?
> >>> >- When the disk was a slave in your own PC, how
> exactly
> >>> > did you copy things across?
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >.
> >>> >
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >
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