Re: Laptop With Windows 2000 Will No Longer Boot Up

Pegasus

I have tried everything you suggested with the instructions and download
that you provided and nothing is working. I went line by line with the
instructions and rebooted but am still getting the message that says "the
system cannot log you on now because the domain is unavailable". The Windows
2000 logon screen is only giving me a Username and password and I can't get
past that screen! I have no idea how to even change a domain since there is
no option anywhere to do. What else can you or anyone suggest? I don't know
what else to do to by-pass this error message. Help!

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

Keep it simple - take the first choice offered! (cd080802.zip (~3MB) -
Bootable CD image). Since it says "Bootable CD image" it's perfectly OK to
burn an image. If you prefer to work with a diskette then you select the
first one from the "Floppy release" set.


"Frank" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Pegasus, thanks for your help.

I clicked on the link you attached or the Nordahl boot diskette, but there
are several choices and I'm not sure which one to use. Could you be more
specific with exact names, etc? Once I locate the right file, is it okay
me
to burn it to a CD? I noticed you used the term "diskette". so i wasn't
sure.
If you could elaborate on these questions, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks.

Frank

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Frank" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello - I hope someone can help me. I have been using an old Dell
Pentium
2
laptop for several years with the Windows 2000 OS. Although slow - I
have
had
no problems until now.

When the system booted up yesterday, I got to the desktop but nothing
would
open (I clicked on IE and the hour glass came up and then stopped).
Same
issue when I tried to get into other applications. So - I shut the
system
down and now it will not boot up at all. It is going through a lengthy
login
process and then I get an error message that "the system cannot log you
in
because the domain is unavailable". It stopped right at the logon
screen
which it has never done before and I have never gotten that message
before. I
shut down again and tried to boot up using F8 and trying every menu
selection
available (ie: Safe Mode; late known good configuration, etc.). I even
tried
booting up with my Windows 2000 CD and got an error message that some
file
was corrupted and I need to restart.

Nothing works. I am willing to reinstall the entire Windows 2000 OS if
I
have to, but I can't even get to a point in the process that would
allow
me
to do so. I don't have any recovery discs as the laptop was a gift and
did
not have any.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

You will need to purchase a Win2000 installation CD & licence if you wish
to
re-install Windows. In the meantime you can probably log on by doing
this:
1. Boot the machine with a Nordahl boot diskette from here:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
2. Reset the Administrator's password to a blank.
3. Boot the machine normally.
4. Specify the following things in the three boxes you see
on the logon screen:
Username: Administrator
Password: (leave blank)
Domain: Open the drop box and select your computer's name.
5. When you're up and running, create a second admin account
and lock its name away in a safe place. Having a second admin
account is equivalent to having a spare key for your car (which
I'm sure you have!).






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