Re: Out of options -- needing a suggestion
From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 06/02/04
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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:27:35 -0600
If the system hive is corrupt, and assuming you already tried LKG, It may be
possible to rename the system hive found in
%windir%\system32\config\system
to system.old
then rename
%windir%\system32\config\system.alt
to
%windir%\system32\config\system
You can also try using the most recent backup found in
%windir%\repair\regback
If that fails you haven't much choice but to copy/ use the
original-as-installed system hive from
%windir%\repair\system
to
%windir%\system32\config\system
You'll need to reinstall the device drivers for any hardware added since the
original OS install.
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.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press 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. 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: %systemroot% and %windir%
You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
controller in drive "A" Then proceed to the recovery console as above.
-- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Rob" wrote: | I've got a W2K Pro machine that has been running well for | a couple of years. Today I started getting the SYSTEMced | message during bootup. I've looked all over the net and I | think I understand what to do if that was the problem. The | REAL problem is that I cannot boot at all. I've made the | boot disks [two sets, no luck] and I've tried booting from | the original W2K installation CD. The machine just ignores | the CD all together, and if I use the four disks, at the | end of the boot process I get a STOP 0x0000007B | INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE message. | | If I can't even get to the repair options in W2K, I don't | know what to do. | | Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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