win 2k rrebooting on startup

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bwaarp

hi there, i recently uninstalled photoshop from my dell 200mmx laptop,
and when i rebooted it finished the splash screen with the progress
bar, and then bsod'd for a split second before looping back to the
start again. i think the bsod said something re: not finding a dll,
but cant be sure, also it wdoes the same in safe mode etc....the
problem is, the cd rom has packed up, so i cant boot from cd, and
although it is on a network, the network is connected to a usb/network
connector, and obviously usb wont work without windows booting... is
there any way i can make the bsod hang around longer to see what the
problem is? if its a missing file, i could possibly place it on a
floppy and then install it again through dos (sound reasonable?)
but as it is i'm stuck with a useless laptop

any help appreciated

thanks

rich
 
Does the machine boot into safe mode? If so, you can find the bugcheck
information that way.

You could do a parallel installation and edit the CrashControl key of the
registry so that the bugcheck stays on the screen but the parallel would
also allow you access to the other install which would be moot.
 
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