How to cancel Windows 2000 setup?

[Jon Hunt]

Hi all

I've just made a real mess of a client's system by trying to overcome
a UNEXPECTED KERNEL MODE TRAP, by reinstalling Windows 2000 from CD

When Windows comes to the restart phase, it bombs with the Kernel
message. If I start in Safe Mode, the installer wants to restart the
Windows installer, but won't complete in Safe mode.

So now no matter what I do, I can't restart the PC. Is there a way to
stop the installer continuing?

I've created a new install directory on the PC, so I can actually get
to the entire PC, including the original WinNT folder, but can't find
anything which is causing the restart.

Maybe, I could edit the old registry, but I don't know where to find
it, or how to tell RegEdit to go for that file if I did!

Can anybody bale me out of my crisis?

You might ask, why not just stick with th new install folder? I have
so many program and data settings, that I don't think I could ever get
the PC back to its original condition.

Any help would be appreciated

Jon

 

[Dave Patrick]

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.)


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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 all
|
| I've just made a real mess of a client's system by trying to overcome
| a UNEXPECTED KERNEL MODE TRAP, by reinstalling Windows 2000 from CD
|
| When Windows comes to the restart phase, it bombs with the Kernel
| message. If I start in Safe Mode, the installer wants to restart the
| Windows installer, but won't complete in Safe mode.
|
| So now no matter what I do, I can't restart the PC. Is there a way to
| stop the installer continuing?
|
| I've created a new install directory on the PC, so I can actually get
| to the entire PC, including the original WinNT folder, but can't find
| anything which is causing the restart.
|
| Maybe, I could edit the old registry, but I don't know where to find
| it, or how to tell RegEdit to go for that file if I did!
|
| Can anybody bale me out of my crisis?
|
| You might ask, why not just stick with th new install folder? I have
| so many program and data settings, that I don't think I could ever get
| the PC back to its original condition.
|
| Any help would be appreciated
|
| Jon