Windows 2000 not loading properly

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Craig

I recently bought a new Maxtor had drive 7200RPM and
loaded it with Windows 200o. When I reboot after it says
windows installed successfully it goes no further than the
Windows 2000 splash screen and no further. I have
formatted the hard disk at leaset 5 times now and get the
same results with a different installation CD as well. No
matter how long I let the PC sit it never goes any further.

Please help
 
Could be a driver is stalling during its load. Did you perform another
reboot after the stalled one? Or did you just do another reinstall
after the stall (which would then cause another stall on the required
reboot)? In fact, I believe the installation procedure tells you to
attempt another reboot if the required reboot during the install happens
to hang.

Did you try to boot into Safe Mode? I have found that sometimes an
install (of drivers or other-party software) will cause a hang, getting
it to boot into Safe Mode gives whatever caused the stall the boot (to
fix or ignore the problem), and a subsequent reboot into normal mode
will then work.
 
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