Windows 2000 Locks up during start up

[Shark22]

During the start up process, Windows gets to the "Loading Personal
Settings" and "Saving you Settings" and goes into non-stop loop. It
keeps flashing back and forth between the 2 along with the screen saver
flashing.

I have no idea what to try next. It won't reboot through the safe
start, and the last know safe doesn't work either.

I think this is a result of the computer not shuttiing down correclty
the last time it was shut down. Any ideas? I'm lost here.

 

[Dave Patrick]

This sounds like one of two things; the drive letter has change from
original install, or the drive permissions have changed.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249321/

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| During the start up process, Windows gets to the "Loading Personal
| Settings" and "Saving you Settings" and goes into non-stop loop. It
| keeps flashing back and forth between the 2 along with the screen saver
| flashing.
|
| I have no idea what to try next. It won't reboot through the safe
| start, and the last know safe doesn't work either.
|
| I think this is a result of the computer not shuttiing down correclty
| the last time it was shut down. Any ideas? I'm lost here.
|