my 2000 PC has 2 drives. The secondary drive was replaced with a drive from a
win98 PC that was having problems (I'm trying to get to the data). When I
rebooted after replacing the drive, win2000 did some kind of install (just
said "please wait while windows updates..."). Now when I reboot, I get press
'ctrl/alt/del', I enter my ID and password - the PC after 30-45 seconds goes
back to the "press ctrl/alt/del" prompt. I put the original secondary drive
back in, but still no change.
Any ideas what Windows did to me and how to fix it?

Try Last Known Good; Try safe mode and check driver installations.

"JanC" wrote:

> my 2000 PC has 2 drives. The secondary drive was replaced with a drive from a
> win98 PC that was having problems (I'm trying to get to the data). When I
> rebooted after replacing the drive, win2000 did some kind of install (just
> said "please wait while windows updates..."). Now when I reboot, I get press
> 'ctrl/alt/del', I enter my ID and password - the PC after 30-45 seconds goes
> back to the "press ctrl/alt/del" prompt. I put the original secondary drive
> back in, but still no change.
> Any ideas what Windows did to me and how to fix it?

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"JanC" wrote:
| my 2000 PC has 2 drives. The secondary drive was replaced with a drive
from a
| win98 PC that was having problems (I'm trying to get to the data). When I
| rebooted after replacing the drive, win2000 did some kind of install (just
| said "please wait while windows updates..."). Now when I reboot, I get
press
| 'ctrl/alt/del', I enter my ID and password - the PC after 30-45 seconds
goes
| back to the "press ctrl/alt/del" prompt. I put the original secondary
drive
| back in, but still no change.
| Any ideas what Windows did to me and how to fix it?

Thanks - that article, along with the referenced article regarding changing
drive letters in the registry, took care of the problem.
thanks again!

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> This article may help.
>
> Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "JanC" wrote:
> | my 2000 PC has 2 drives. The secondary drive was replaced with a drive
> from a
> | win98 PC that was having problems (I'm trying to get to the data). When I
> | rebooted after replacing the drive, win2000 did some kind of install (just
> | said "please wait while windows updates..."). Now when I reboot, I get
> press
> | 'ctrl/alt/del', I enter my ID and password - the PC after 30-45 seconds
> goes
> | back to the "press ctrl/alt/del" prompt. I put the original secondary
> drive
> | back in, but still no change.
> | Any ideas what Windows did to me and how to fix it?
>
>
>

Glad to hear it. Thanks for letting us know.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"JanC" wrote:
| Thanks - that article, along with the referenced article regarding
changing
| drive letters in the registry, took care of the problem.
| thanks again!