Re: Stop 7b then Stop 24 disallows running setup.

What drive controller? To start the Recovery Console, start the computer
from the Windows 2000 Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If
you do not have Setup floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the
Windows 2000 Setup CD, use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the
Setup floppy disks. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to
repair a Windows 2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery
Console. The Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator
password. If you do not have the correct password, Recovery Console does
not allow access to the computer. If an incorrect password is entered three
times, the Recovery Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the
registry is corrupted or missing or no valid installations are found, the
Recovery Console starts in the root of the startup volume without requiring
a password. You cannot access any folders, but you can carry out commands
such as chkdsk, fixboot, and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the
password has been validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console,
but limited access to the hard disk. You can only access the following
folders on your computer: drive root, %systemroot% or %windir%


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"winman" wrote:
| Dave, I followed your instructions for booting from a floppy with the
| atapi.sys renamed. I got the following black screen on all four options.
| "Windows 2000 could not start because of a computer disk hardware
| configuration problem. Could not read from selected the desk. Check the
| past and disk hardware. Please check the Windows 2000(TM) documentation
| about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for
| additional information."
|
| No more blue screen, but I'm really no further ahead. I have several
Emerg.
| Repair Disks if I could just get setup to access the Recovery Console.
HELP!


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