Boot Problem.

[Doug T]

I am having problems booting a Windows 2000 sp4 machine. Since attempting
to install a digital camera the PC will not complete booting. The machine
will get to a blue background screen with a cursor, just before the
ctrl+alt+del login thing pops up, and then just restarts. It will continue
this in a loop. I am able to get into safe mode. The device and software
for it have been deleted, but it made no difference. Any ideas?? Thanks...

-Doug

 

[David]

During bootup have you tried Booting From Last Known Good
Configuation??

 

[Doug T]

Yes, I have tried this and it still did the same thing. Any more ideas?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Since you can start in Safe Mode, the problem is caused by
something that loads in Normal Mode but won't load in Safe
Mode. Do this:

- Remove all non-essential adapters (e.g. Sound, network), then
try again.
- If this does not work then start in Safe Mode and disable your
startup tasks. You can identify them with one of the following
tools:
* msconfig.exe (from the WinXP CD)
* AutoRuns from http://www.sysinternals.com
* StartupCPL: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml