Boot problems?

[Joe54]

I have a problem booting Win2K. I am using Win2K SP 4 on a PIII with
512MB Ram and a 40 Gig Maxtor hard drive.

The computer crashes & re-starts during the boot sequence, at any time
between clearing the CMOS settings screen to the very end of the Win2K
boot. It doesn't recur at any one particular time, and some days it
doesn't happen at all (rarely).

To fix it, I have to run either fixboot, fixmbr or chkdsk. Either one
does the trick. I don't have a boot sector virus that Norton can
detect. What is going on here, and how can I fix it? I bought a new
hard drive, because the problem got so bad I couldn't boot at all, but
now it's back. And it comes back not long after doing a clean
partition, format & re-install of Windows.

Help!

 

[Dave Patrick]

Since fixboot, fixmbr or chkdsk do different thing it likely is coincedence.
To be able to see the blue screen stop message; Control
Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, I usually like to uncheck
"Automatically reboot" this way you get a chance to read the stop error.

Windows 2000 Stop Messages
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win2000/win2ksrv/reskit/sopch16.asp

Bug Check Codes
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/bcintro_3dkj.asp

If no BSOD's occur (Event ID: 1001 Source: Save Dump), then it may be a
power problem. I would look at a possible faulty (or undersized) pc power
supply, UPS, bad battery, or the circuit feeding the outlet that the pc is
plugged into.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
|I have a problem booting Win2K. I am using Win2K SP 4 on a PIII with
| 512MB Ram and a 40 Gig Maxtor hard drive.
|
| The computer crashes & re-starts during the boot sequence, at any time
| between clearing the CMOS settings screen to the very end of the Win2K
| boot. It doesn't recur at any one particular time, and some days it
| doesn't happen at all (rarely).
|
| To fix it, I have to run either fixboot, fixmbr or chkdsk. Either one
| does the trick. I don't have a boot sector virus that Norton can
| detect. What is going on here, and how can I fix it? I bought a new
| hard drive, because the problem got so bad I couldn't boot at all, but
| now it's back. And it comes back not long after doing a clean
| partition, format & re-install of Windows.
|
| Help!