Windows 2000 Reboots and Reboots "Loop"

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Nimish Katwala

I have Windows 2000 Pro on my machine. It has gone into
a rebooting loop and refuses to come out of it. I have
tried, safe mode, and all the other modes available after
you hit F8 startup - but I get the same results. I can
give absolutely no commands before it reboots. Please
help. I have tried this even after disconnecting the
internet.

Is there something like a boot disk that I can create?
How else to stop this. Please help.
 
You might want to check your ACPI settings in the BIOS. (more or less, if
it the reboot occurs during the DOS progress bar, Windows was installed with
ACPI support and is no longer enabled in the BIOS.)
 
I'd look into checking it for MSBLAST.

neo said:
You might want to check your ACPI settings in the BIOS. (more or less, if
it the reboot occurs during the DOS progress bar, Windows was installed with
ACPI support and is no longer enabled in the BIOS.)
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As soon as you turn the PC on, hit escape so it doesn't display the logo
image (in case your BIOS has it configured) ...it should tell you which key
to press to get into the BIOS setup. You have a few seconds to press it
before the machine starts booting up.
 
Try to boot from a floppy or cdrom. If you can do that you know you have a
problem with W2K - either the worm or other corruption. If that is the case I would
recommend saving yourself time and grief and reinstall W2K. You can choose option to
install to existing \winnt folder without reformatting which should preserve your
data if not EFS encrypted. You would have to reinstall your applications on top of
themselves however to make them work again. The preferred method would be to put you
drive in another patched computer with up to date virus scan and scan drive for
viruses and then back up your data off of it. Then format and do a clean
installation. If you do reinstall, be sure to put at least SP3 on it and install all
critical updates. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
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