Computer keeps rebooting with new installation

[Guest]

Hi All,

Have a problem. I reinstalled windows 2000 Pro and the machine keeps
rebooting. This is a new installation. What could be wrong? It gets to the
point of almost the login, but then just reboots and I get the strike f1 to
reboot or f2 for setup utility. Seems I can get in in safe mode? Any
suggestions

 

[Dave Patrick]

As always check Event Viewer for errors. When you view the logged events in
Event Viewer (double-click them in the right-hand pane) in the upper right
corner, third button down is a copy to clipboard, then you can paste in the
body of a reply message.

Please do so for each of the different System Log events (that are a Type:
'Error' or 'Warning') since last boot so we can see all of the event detail.

Also check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Hi All,
|
| Have a problem. I reinstalled windows 2000 Pro and the machine keeps
| rebooting. This is a new installation. What could be wrong? It gets to
the
| point of almost the login, but then just reboots and I get the strike f1
to
| reboot or f2 for setup utility. Seems I can get in in safe mode? Any
| suggestions

 

[Guest]

Hi Nic,
Boot into the safe mode. open the registry editor. Go to
Hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\crashcontrol key and
change the value of autoreboot to 0. Probably, your system is bugchecking. By
changing the value of the autoreboot option, the system won't reboot if there
is a bugcheck and then you can read out the exact error code you are getting.

Lukesh

 

[Dave Patrick]

No need to hack the registry. To be able to see the blue screen stop
message; Control Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, uncheck
"Automatically reboot" this way you get a chance to read the stop error.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Hi Nic,
| Boot into the safe mode. open the registry editor. Go to
| Hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\crashcontrol key and
| change the value of autoreboot to 0. Probably, your system is bugchecking.
By
| changing the value of the autoreboot option, the system won't reboot if
there
| is a bugcheck and then you can read out the exact error code you are
getting.
|
| Lukesh

 

[Guest]

Yeah. Correct. Though making this change in the registry and unchecking the
auto reboot option means the same, Dave is right in saying that we should not
fiddle with registry.
Lukesh