Re: System rebooting on startup

I don't have an ERD, so I wasn't sure what to try from the recovery console.
I tried FIXBOOT, with no luck, and I wasn't sure what to try. I kind of
wish I was getting a BSOD, or something. At least I would have an idea what
the problem is. Could I have screwed something up by copying the SYSTEM
file with Win98 instead of Win2000?

"Andrei Ungureanu" <andreix at msn dot com> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
> --
> Andrei Ungureanu
> www.eventid.net
> Free Windows event logs reports
> http://www.altairtech.ca/evlog/
>
> "Head Hunter" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eKtDyXZrFHA.1168@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>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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