Try booting off the Windows 2000 CD and boot into recovery console. From
here you can manually remove SP4 by using this article:
825062 Service Pack 4 Permits You to Remove the Service Pack by Using the
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825062
If you contrinue to receive Stop errors when you try booting from the CD,
you may need to run some hardware diagnostics tests.
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Emmers Presson [MSFT]
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"Adam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:099901c39e1c$33b2bad0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Was running windows update for someone last night.
> Domain controller and Exchange server (2000) -- never
> been updated (in like 2 years). I was running sp4 update
> through terminal services. Was almost finished and went
> to get coffee. When I returned the session had closed
> itself. I went to actually get a look at the server.
> Apparently rebooted itself (not a virus as I had that
> problem licked already). It is getting to the end of the
> colored Starting Windows 2000 Server screen and
> rebooting. Stuck in loop. Recovery console ends up in
> stop error. Last known good configuration and safe mode
> goes back to reboot loop. All drives tested OK using
> compaq array diagnostics (this server is a ProLiant
> ML370). Anybody had this particular issue? Kind of in a
> tight spot considering they walk in the door in 1 hour.
> Thank--Adam
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