I'm curious as to how you fixed the problem where the drive wasn't seen when running from the W2K install CD I could understand a problem where the partition wasn't seen, but the drive?
What did you do to fix that? JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Win2K reboots before it finishes loading > I tried looking at the hard drive with a win98 boot disk with no > luck and then discovered the drive wasn't being seen when I > tried booting from the Win2K install CD. Fixed that and tried a > repair from the CD and that failed, but a repair install was > successful. > > I'll probably format and wipe the drive and do a clean install > and go from there. Thanks for the help. > > > What's in the boot.ini > > if there is only 1 entry you won't get offered a choice > > and if its target doesn't exist the boot will fail > > > > How far into the boot does it get before restarting > > can you list the drivers etc loaded during a safe mode boot have > > you used the other OS to look at the boot.ini and the log from > > the boot attempt? > > > > Is the partition FAT or NTFS > > > > JimB > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
