Re: Win2000 won't start after fairly new install

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From: Tom (geoman39_at_nospamcharter.net)
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:49:52 -0500

Sorry,
I did remove the SCSI card and it still didn't boot. There is no F8 message
after it tries to boot from a CD, but I will try.

Tom

"Kevin Lawton" <kepla@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:c63dn7$s26$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Are you able to bring up the 'F8 menu' ? (ie: hit F8 just after the BIOS
> finishes reporting as Windows starts loading to get the startup options).
> If so, then try selecting 'Safe Mode with Command Prompt' which will give
> you a list as modules and drivers load.
> If it consistantly stops at the same point every time, then you'll have
> another clue to post back.
> Anything else going on - drive access lights on or off, for example ?
> Have you tried removing the SCSI card which you put in just before the
> problem started ?
> Kevin.
> P.S. If it always stops right after 'Mup.sys' then you're in good company
!
>
> Tom <geoman39@nospamcharter.net> wrote:
> | I have a fairly new install of win2000. I installed the OS, chipset
> | drivers, sound drivers, network drivers, windows updates, and
> | antivirus ( AVG). All was well so far. The PC booted fine. I then
> | installed an Adaptec AHA-2940U card and 4 external hard drives.
> | Again, all went well. When I rebooted the PC, I accidentally turned
> | off the power supply when win2000 was loading, (that long white
> | loading bar at the bottom of the screen). After I restarted, the PC
> | hangs after it finishes the BIOS boot sequence and waits for the OS
> | to load. No error messages, beeps or anything, just stops. I have
> | inserted the win2000 setup cd and it boots from the cd and then says
> | "examining the system" or some such message, and then again nothing,
> | just hangs. I am going to swap out another hard drive to see what
> | happens, but I really want to keep all the stuff I have installed on
> | the PC. I spent around 4-5 hours loading software getting this ready
> | for my office workstation. Odd that it doesn't give me an error,
> | BSOD, stack dump, beep or anything. Any ideas?
> |
> | Hardware
> | Shuttle AV49PN Via chipset
> | Celeron 2.4
> | Fujitsu 3.2 gig hard drive(waiting for a good sale at Best Buy to get
> | a big drive and copy the drive image)
> | 4 Seagate 30 gig UW SCSI hard drives in external case (ids
> | 11,12,13,14) (recycled from office trash)
> | Exabyte 8505xl external drive (id 5)
> | Adaptec AHA 2940UW (id 7) (recycled from office trash)
> | Matrox G450 dual
> | 256 megs DDR 2100 RAM
> |
> | Thanks for your help.
>
>

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