Registry repair utility

[Bohdan]

I have a Windows 2000 Professional based system that
restarts half way through the Windows boot sequence. The
problem started rather rapidly, first the screen
resolution went to the lowest level on boot up because the
Video drivers seemingly were not present. I tried
restarting the system, but it now fails to boot. I have
tried the manual repair option that comes with the
installation CD with no luck. I am hesitant to use the
rapid repair option because I don't know what it coud do,
and have downloaded the registry repair utility and XP
start up disks. Unfortunately I now get a message that
biosinfo.inf is missing when trying to boot from the
diskettes. How do I get around this problem?

 

[Guest]

I remember dealing with the same problem on 2000. This
fix may be purely circumstantial, but on my machine, it
would do the same thing as you described, only when I
pulled out the parallel port cable it did not restart.
Sometimes Windows gets to a certain point when it is
loading certain drivers and ports, and if one is corrupt
it will automatically restart. So if there are any
external connections you have for the computer try
unplugging them. If not, I'd recommend saving all of
your necessities, and re-install windows.

 

[Mark V]

I have a Windows 2000 Professional based system that
restarts half way through the Windows boot sequence. The
problem started rather rapidly, first the screen
resolution went to the lowest level on boot up because the
Video drivers seemingly were not present. I tried
restarting the system, but it now fails to boot. I have
tried the manual repair option that comes with the
installation CD with no luck. I am hesitant to use the
rapid repair option because I don't know what it coud do,
and have downloaded the registry repair utility and XP
start up disks. Unfortunately I now get a message that
biosinfo.inf is missing when trying to boot from the
diskettes. How do I get around this problem?

"half way through" does not mean much. Better would be to describe
the screen at which this occurs. Any STOP messages?

How about Safe Mode - VGA mode? That should help if it is really a
video driver problem. Swap in a different video card (yours _could_
have failed I suppose). More history... Any driver or software or
hardware changes just recently? Etc.

 

[Guest]

The boot failure arises at the end of the display sequence
in Window is starting up - built on NT technology. This
is the point where the display normally switches to the
higher resolution. I read somewhere that Windows has a
switch that permits the computer to restart if it runs
into a problem. This is probably the reason for the
reason for the restart. Unfortunately I can't get to
change the setting without booting up fully. I have tried
safe mode, with VGA etc and nothing works.

An error message comes up just as the system restarts, but
I can't read it as the restart is too quick. I have tried
to hit the pause button on a number of occassions but am
not quick enough.

 

[Mark V]

The boot failure arises at the end of the display sequence
in Window is starting up - built on NT technology. This
is the point where the display normally switches to the
higher resolution. I read somewhere that Windows has a
switch that permits the computer to restart if it runs
into a problem. This is probably the reason for the
reason for the restart. Unfortunately I can't get to
change the setting without booting up fully. I have tried
safe mode, with VGA etc and nothing works.

An error message comes up just as the system restarts, but
I can't read it as the restart is too quick. I have tried
to hit the pause button on a number of occassions but am
not quick enough.

It could be hardware. If possible swap video cards.

If the file system is FAT or if you have prepared a "start boot from
floppy" type bootable diskette some of the boot.ini switches may be
of use.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239780
particularly /basevideo and /bootlog which might yield a clue.

More aggressive might be to try "in-place" installation over the
existing one. However, I suspect you need to look at and eliminate
hardware problems, if any, first. (best guess).

Recovery Console may be useful as it stays in a basic VGA mode. But
I have no additional ideas to offer.