Re: System rebooting on startup

you'll probably end doing a reinstall (did you tried a Repair from the
windows cd?)

copy your files from the NTFS partition using this:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsWindows98.html


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"Head Hunter" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a system that dual-boots Win98 and Win2000 on separate partitions.
>Both systems are fully current on updates and anti-virus. Everything was
>working fine on Saturday. Sunday morning, I was in Win98 and it was fine.
>I rebooted into Win2000, and that is when the fun started.
>
> First, I had a "missing or corrupt D:\WINNT\System32\Config\System file".
> Not a problem. My D-Drive is formatted as FAT32 for just this kind of
> problem, so I booted into Win98, and copied the file from the Repair
> folder, and rebooted. Then, Win2000 had to perform a consistancy check on
> my D: drive. Was taking forever (15 minutes to get to 17% with no
> problems), so I went to watch TV. Came back, and saw the screen had the
> white and blue "Windows 2000 is starting" screen. Then, black screen and
> reboot. Now, I just get the white bar going across the bottom of the
> screen, gets all the way across, then reboot. Safe Mode doesn't work
> either, same problem.
>
> I am not getting a blue screen or any kind of error. It just keeps
> rebooting. I really don't want to have to reinstall everything if I don't
> have to. Forunately, I can get to most of my data from Win98, but there
> is a partition on another physical hard drive that is NTFS, so I can't see
> it.
>
> Any ideas, before I do the deed and reinstall???
>


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