Win2K restarts automatically on BSOD

[Rajeev]

My Win2K system (P4) automatically restarts before boot
up is complete. When I start the machine, before boot-up
is completed, BSOD flashes for a second and the system
restarts the process. Since I am not able to boot in any
of the modes (Safe mode, debugging, last known
config,...), there is no way for me to look into the
Event Viewer to know what is causing the blue screen.

1. Is there some way to freeze the Blue screen and read
the message so that I can look for a fix.
2. I have tried going into Recovery console to copy the
SysEvent.evt file, but I cannot copy the file onto a
floppy because Local Security Policy is not set to do so.
3. In recovery console, I have tried to change boot.ini
to not do /fastdetect, but that is no help.

Is there any way to get to the error message (e.g., press
some key to freeze BSOD on boot failure, or from recovery
console) without having to delete SAM/Security registry
key.

Help please

Rajeev

 

[Leonard Severt [MSFT]]

My Win2K system (P4) automatically restarts before boot
up is complete. When I start the machine, before boot-up
is completed, BSOD flashes for a second and the system
restarts the process. Since I am not able to boot in any
of the modes (Safe mode, debugging, last known
config,...), there is no way for me to look into the
Event Viewer to know what is causing the blue screen.

1. Is there some way to freeze the Blue screen and read
the message so that I can look for a fix.
2. I have tried going into Recovery console to copy the
SysEvent.evt file, but I cannot copy the file onto a
floppy because Local Security Policy is not set to do so.
3. In recovery console, I have tried to change boot.ini
to not do /fastdetect, but that is no help.

Is there any way to get to the error message (e.g., press
some key to freeze BSOD on boot failure, or from recovery
console) without having to delete SAM/Security registry
key.

Help please

Rajeev

No there is no way to pause the screen to see what the stop error is.
The system is set to reboot on a stop error. That setting is stored in
the registry so you would have to edit the registry to change it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl. If
the value of "AutoReboot" is set to 1 (from the default of 0), the
system will automatically reboot after stop error.

Run chkdsk from Recovery Console. If that doesn't work then you have 3
options.

Reinstall Windows on top of itself answering yes to repair.
Install a second copy of Windows and use it to t-shoot the first.
Put this drive in another system with Windows to t-shoot.


Leonard Severt
Microsoft Enterprise Support