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This may be better posted in the general area, but I can't
access that group for some reason -
Anyhow, a couple days ago I ran a windows update on my
Windows 2000 server - it rebooted and started mostly back
up. After logging in, it hung up - no applications were
showing up in the task manager, but there were processes
running. Two processes were between them using all of the
CPU. I rebooted when it became apparent that nothing was
happening -
On restart, the computer hung up on the "preparing network
connections" screen with a normal start. Ditto for every
try.
When trying to start in safe mode (any variation), it gets
to the login screen, but not past it - after saying it's
logging in for a while, it goes back to the ctrl, alt, del
screen.
I tried using the Win2k server boot disks to run the
repair utility, but it crashes to a blue screen on the
fourth disk -
I'm using an NTFS partition, so I can't access it from my
Win98 computer or from Dos. I am able to see the drive in
FDisk, tho, and it's showing that the drive is using 100%
of capacity - my best guess at this point is that the
update filled the drive and there is not enough virtual
memory to start or space to do whatever installation the
boot disks are trying. Thing is, I've got 512mb of memory
and it usually uses only a little over half that - seems
like it should at least be able to start...
Anyhow, for starters, is there any way to access the hard
drive without actually starting Win2k or using the
emergency restore programs? Something along the lines of
Dos? If it is just a space problem, all I need to do is
delete some files...
Otherwise, what else can I do?
access that group for some reason -
Anyhow, a couple days ago I ran a windows update on my
Windows 2000 server - it rebooted and started mostly back
up. After logging in, it hung up - no applications were
showing up in the task manager, but there were processes
running. Two processes were between them using all of the
CPU. I rebooted when it became apparent that nothing was
happening -
On restart, the computer hung up on the "preparing network
connections" screen with a normal start. Ditto for every
try.
When trying to start in safe mode (any variation), it gets
to the login screen, but not past it - after saying it's
logging in for a while, it goes back to the ctrl, alt, del
screen.
I tried using the Win2k server boot disks to run the
repair utility, but it crashes to a blue screen on the
fourth disk -
I'm using an NTFS partition, so I can't access it from my
Win98 computer or from Dos. I am able to see the drive in
FDisk, tho, and it's showing that the drive is using 100%
of capacity - my best guess at this point is that the
update filled the drive and there is not enough virtual
memory to start or space to do whatever installation the
boot disks are trying. Thing is, I've got 512mb of memory
and it usually uses only a little over half that - seems
like it should at least be able to start...
Anyhow, for starters, is there any way to access the hard
drive without actually starting Win2k or using the
emergency restore programs? Something along the lines of
Dos? If it is just a space problem, all I need to do is
delete some files...
Otherwise, what else can I do?