On a PC with W2000 I have the following problem:

PC is powered on, BIOS runs without error message, W2000 starts running
up (the bar with the blue rectangles fills to the end) - but then the
PC starts rebooting from the beginning of BIOS, and this goes further
and further, always rebooting. So, the system does not reach the
desktop, from where I might do something.

Also booting with F8 does not work: these many messages appear (drivers
etc.), but thereafter again rebooting, even without a windows screen.

This behaviour began a couple of days ago and I have no idea what it
might be and where to start searching. Maybe a virus, or some hardware
defect?

What can be done?

Greetings + thanks in advance

Hedy Keller

When using F8, safe mode did you leave the sys for some minutes?
It can take a while sometimes.

"Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On a PC with W2000 I have the following problem:
>
> PC is powered on, BIOS runs without error message, W2000 starts running
> up (the bar with the blue rectangles fills to the end) - but then the
> PC starts rebooting from the beginning of BIOS, and this goes further
> and further, always rebooting. So, the system does not reach the
> desktop, from where I might do something.
>
> Also booting with F8 does not work: these many messages appear (drivers
> etc.), but thereafter again rebooting, even without a windows screen.
>
> This behaviour began a couple of days ago and I have no idea what it
> might be and where to start searching. Maybe a virus, or some hardware
> defect?
>
> What can be done?
>
> Greetings + thanks in advance
>
> Hedy Keller
>

"DL" <address@invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> When using F8, safe mode did you leave the sys for some minutes?
> It can take a while sometimes.

There was no chance to wait, rebooting with BIOS started directly after
the appearance of the driver messages.
Yet another idea?



>
> "Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On a PC with W2000 I have the following problem:
>>
>> PC is powered on, BIOS runs without error message, W2000 starts
>> running
>> up (the bar with the blue rectangles fills to the end) - but then
>> the
>> PC starts rebooting from the beginning of BIOS, and this goes
>> further
>> and further, always rebooting. So, the system does not reach the
>> desktop, from where I might do something.
>>
>> Also booting with F8 does not work: these many messages appear
>> (drivers
>> etc.), but thereafter again rebooting, even without a windows
>> screen.
>>
>> This behaviour began a couple of days ago and I have no idea what it
>> might be and where to start searching. Maybe a virus, or some
>> hardware
>> defect?
>>
>> What can be done?
>>
>> Greetings + thanks in advance
>>
>> Hedy Keller
>>
>
>

Try; Control Panel>System>Advanced tab>Startup & Recovery........untick
automatically reboot.
Your sys should then give a BSOD on failure, note the error codes & post
back

Oops, forgot you cannot boot.
Do you have a win2k cd with which you can attempt a repair?

And/or if you know the make of your hd, visit their site and make there
diagnostic floppy
Also www.memtest.org for a memory diagnostics
I assume your hd is detected in the bios

"Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "DL" <address@invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When using F8, safe mode did you leave the sys for some minutes?
> > It can take a while sometimes.
>
> There was no chance to wait, rebooting with BIOS started directly after
> the appearance of the driver messages.
> Yet another idea?
>
>
>
> >
> > "Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> On a PC with W2000 I have the following problem:
> >>
> >> PC is powered on, BIOS runs without error message, W2000 starts
> >> running
> >> up (the bar with the blue rectangles fills to the end) - but then
> >> the
> >> PC starts rebooting from the beginning of BIOS, and this goes
> >> further
> >> and further, always rebooting. So, the system does not reach the
> >> desktop, from where I might do something.
> >>
> >> Also booting with F8 does not work: these many messages appear
> >> (drivers
> >> etc.), but thereafter again rebooting, even without a windows
> >> screen.
> >>
> >> This behaviour began a couple of days ago and I have no idea what it
> >> might be and where to start searching. Maybe a virus, or some
> >> hardware
> >> defect?
> >>
> >> What can be done?
> >>
> >> Greetings + thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Hedy Keller
> >>
> >
> >
>

"DL" <address@invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Try; Control Panel>System>Advanced tab>Startup &
> Recovery........untick
> automatically reboot.
> Your sys should then give a BSOD on failure, note the error codes &
> post
> back
>
> Oops, forgot you cannot boot.

That's very right!

> Do you have a win2k cd with which you can attempt a repair?

Yes, that is what I intend to do. But before I have to save data, I'll
try that with "Knoppix", which is a derivate of Linux running from a
CD.

I shall post the results here. Thank you anyway for your contribution.

Hedy


>
> And/or if you know the make of your hd, visit their site and make
> there
> diagnostic floppy
> Also www.memtest.org for a memory diagnostics
> I assume your hd is detected in the bios
>
> "Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "DL" <address@invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > When using F8, safe mode did you leave the sys for some minutes?
>> > It can take a while sometimes.
>>
>> There was no chance to wait, rebooting with BIOS started directly
>> after
>> the appearance of the driver messages.
>> Yet another idea?
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > "Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> On a PC with W2000 I have the following problem:
>> >>
>> >> PC is powered on, BIOS runs without error message, W2000 starts
>> >> running
>> >> up (the bar with the blue rectangles fills to the end) - but then
>> >> the
>> >> PC starts rebooting from the beginning of BIOS, and this goes
>> >> further
>> >> and further, always rebooting. So, the system does not reach the
>> >> desktop, from where I might do something.
>> >>
>> >> Also booting with F8 does not work: these many messages appear
>> >> (drivers
>> >> etc.), but thereafter again rebooting, even without a windows
>> >> screen.
>> >>
>> >> This behaviour began a couple of days ago and I have no idea what
>> >> it
>> >> might be and where to start searching. Maybe a virus, or some
>> >> hardware
>> >> defect?
>> >>
>> >> What can be done?
>> >>
>> >> Greetings + thanks in advance
>> >>
>> >> Hedy Keller
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>

"Hedy Keller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "DL" <address@invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Try; Control Panel>System>Advanced tab>Startup &
> > Recovery........untick
> > automatically reboot.
> > Your sys should then give a BSOD on failure, note the error codes &
> > post
> > back
> >
> > Oops, forgot you cannot boot.
>
> That's very right!
>
> > Do you have a win2k cd with which you can attempt a repair?
>
> Yes, that is what I intend to do. But before I have to save data, I'll
> try that with "Knoppix", which is a derivate of Linux running from a
> CD.

Doing a repair install will not remove your data or installed programs,
but you should have a safe backup anyway.

I boot from a CD containing BartPE (usually with 'The Ultimate Boot CD
for Windows" added on top) for jobs like this. It's tools might even help
locate the problem in your system.

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