start-up loop

[Nancy C.]

I am running Windows 2000 Professional on my Dell laptop
and it will not finish startup. The program starts with a
quick flash of info that appears to be in DOS mode (?),but
it comes and goes so fast that I can't read it. It then
runs until it gets almost to the password screen, shuts
down and starts the same sequence over again. I do not
think it is a virus or worm as I have not had it connected
to the internet for a couple of months.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Please go to the following link and post this question to one of the Windows
2000 boards. Go to the link, scroll to Windows 2000, select a board and
post the question there:
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp