I have the following symptoms
(1) A Windows 2000 Prof. system was working fine. No
known changes were made, and then:
(2) Boot proceeds normally up to approx. the point where
I would expect a log-in screen.
(3) Instead a blue background error message flashes, too
briefly to read. If I were persistent enough, I might be
able to photograph it. There is some numerical code near
the beginning and I think I've seen the word "memory"
further down.
(4) Computer then reboots, repeating the process
indefinitely if not stopped.
(5) Booting from W2000 CD and choosing repair gives
Recovery Console and Emergency Repair options.
(6) Emergency Repair option does not recognize existing
installation (I could not find any Emergency Repair
floppy, besides, the floppy drive on this notebook seems
defunct).
(7) Recovery Console allows access to most files. Oddly,
there is no password required. However, some files could
not be read (such as config.sys).
(8) I was able to copy certain important files to a
PCMCIA memory card.
(9) This is an HP Omnibook 4150. Boot option Diagnostics
report all functions OK, including memory.
(10) Attempted reinstall of W2000 from CD. Existing
installation is not recognized. I've been delayed at this
point, since W2000 was an upgrade from W-NT on this
machine, so I need to find and original op system disk.
(11) Note that Safe Mode boots show same problem. Boot
logging does not seem to produce expected log file.
Any suggestions?
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