Unable to boot to partition

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Howard Kaikow

I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying

Loading your settings
Saving your settings

I can boot to the other OS.
I checked the file system, no reported errors.
Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000 files.
I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad sectors in
the partition.

I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.

If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?

As a ;last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.
 
Restoring the 18 Sep 2009 image eliminated the problem.
As far as I know, the only changes made since 18 sep were the following:

1. Kaspersky updates were updated.
2. Firefox 3.5.2 was replaced with 3.5.3.
3. Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 was reploaced witth 2.0.0.23.
 
Howard Kaikow said:
I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying

Loading your settings
Saving your settings

I can boot to the other OS.
I checked the file system, no reported errors.
Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000 files.
I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad sectors in
the partition.

I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.

If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?

As a ;last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.
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Your system had an incorrect System drive letter which prevented Windows
from running userinit.exe. You could have fixed the problem by adjusting the
drive letter in the registry via a networked machine.
 
Pegasus said:
Your system had an incorrect System drive letter which prevented Windows
from running userinit.exe. You could have fixed the problem by adjusting the
drive letter in the registry via a networked machine.
Click to expand...


I expect that occurred when True Image restored the partition a few daze
ago.
THe OS is indeed on G, TI may have assigned the wrong drive letter, or my
fat fingers might have restored the wrong OS to the G partition.

I've not tried, but Registry Workshop might allow me to modify the registry
in another OS on the same PC.
 
Howard Kaikow said:
I expect that occurred when True Image restored the partition a few daze
ago.
THe OS is indeed on G, TI may have assigned the wrong drive letter, or my
fat fingers might have restored the wrong OS to the G partition.

I've not tried, but Registry Workshop might allow me to modify the
registry
in another OS on the same PC.
Click to expand...

So does regedit.exe under WinXP, or regedt32 under Win2000.
 
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