boot loop

[Guest]

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?

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Dave Patrick]

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.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| 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?

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Dave Patrick]

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

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