win2k --- Blue Screen of death

running 2k pro on lap top
Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to
possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in
setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

More than likely some hardware has failed.

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"Bstonmike1" wrote:
> running 2k pro on lap top
> Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to
> possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in
> setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

Bstonmike1 wrote:
> running 2k pro on lap top
> Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to
> possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in
> setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

Stuck in setup??? Care to explain in more detail?

Hi ..... thanx for reponding. Yep stuck in setup (it seems) wasnt paying
complete attention as I was doing stuff on my pc as well. She went thru the
install / setup procedure up to serial. Problem is laptop is wifes work. She
is upper mngmnt and I wanted to atleast get it to boot thru to desk top.
Personally I think a virushas implanted itself ........ but before I cxan do
anything I need to get rid of the desire to run install/setup. Anyway to edit
boot dir from command prompt?

stop error is --- STOP : 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x00000001 0x00000000,
0x00000000)
REGISTRY_ERROR

"Frank Booth Snr" wrote:

> Bstonmike1 wrote:
> > running 2k pro on lap top
> > Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to
> > possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in
> > setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin
>
> Stuck in setup??? Care to explain in more detail?
>

Edit boot.ini located in the root of the system partition (usually C:\)

boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows 2000 Setup"

Change it to;
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect


(note the 'default=' line must also change. rdisk and partition values may
be different for your system.)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282501/en-us



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Bstonmike1" wrote:
> Hi ..... thanx for reponding. Yep stuck in setup (it seems) wasnt paying
> complete attention as I was doing stuff on my pc as well. She went thru
> the
> install / setup procedure up to serial. Problem is laptop is wifes work.
> She
> is upper mngmnt and I wanted to atleast get it to boot thru to desk top.
> Personally I think a virushas implanted itself ........ but before I cxan
> do
> anything I need to get rid of the desire to run install/setup. Anyway to
> edit
> boot dir from command prompt?
>
> stop error is --- STOP : 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x00000001 0x00000000,
> 0x00000000)
> REGISTRY_ERROR

Bstonmike1 wrote:
> Hi ..... thanx for reponding. Yep stuck in setup (it seems) wasnt paying
> complete attention as I was doing stuff on my pc as well. She went thru the
> install / setup procedure up to serial. Problem is laptop is wifes work. She
> is upper mngmnt and I wanted to atleast get it to boot thru to desk top.
> Personally I think a virushas implanted itself ........ but before I cxan do
> anything I need to get rid of the desire to run install/setup. Anyway to edit
> boot dir from command prompt?
>
> stop error is --- STOP : 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x00000001 0x00000000,
> 0x00000000)
> REGISTRY_ERROR
>
I don't think it's a virus. The BSOD error you describe is what you
normally see at boot-up where the registry has been corrupted. You
shouldn't see this on a reinstall. You say you are getting as far as
product key entry, so do you get the BSOD after you have entered this or
at what stage?

I wouldn't attempt a re-install yet. I would boot up from the system
disk, go to Repair, then C for Recovery Console. Once in go to folder
Winnt\System32\Config. You should see 4 files - Sam, Security, Software,
System. You will need to replace these with those from Folder
C:\Winnt\Repair. Use command: Copy C:\WINNT\Repair\sam then do this for
each of the other 3 files. When you have done this, exit Recovery
Console and try rebooting your PC as normal from your hard drive. See
what happens.