win2k --- Blue Screen of death

[Guest Bstonmike1]

running 2k pro on lap top

Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to

possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in

setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: win2k --- Blue Screen of death

 

More than likely some hardware has failed.

 

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"Bstonmike1" wrote:

> running 2k pro on lap top

> Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to

> possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in

> setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

[Guest Frank Booth Snr]

Re: win2k --- Blue Screen of death

 

Bstonmike1 wrote:

> running 2k pro on lap top

> Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to

> possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in

> setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

 

Stuck in setup??? Care to explain in more detail?

[Guest Bstonmike1]

Re: win2k --- Blue Screen of death

 

Hi ..... thanx for reponding. Yep stuck in setup (it seems) wasnt paying

complete attention as I was doing stuff on my pc as well. She went thru the

install / setup procedure up to serial. Problem is laptop is wifes work. She

is upper mngmnt and I wanted to atleast get it to boot thru to desk top.

Personally I think a virushas implanted itself ........ but before I cxan do

anything I need to get rid of the desire to run install/setup. Anyway to edit

boot dir from command prompt?

 

stop error is --- STOP : 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x00000001 0x00000000,

0x00000000)

REGISTRY_ERROR

 

"Frank Booth Snr" wrote:

> Bstonmike1 wrote:

> > running 2k pro on lap top

> > Blue Screen of death on startup ....... tried using a copy of 2k pro to

> > possibly repair boot sectors. Darn thing went to setup and now im stuck in

> > setup. Tried F8/last known working config ..... nuttin

>

> Stuck in setup??? Care to explain in more detail?

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: win2k --- Blue Screen of death

 

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.)

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282501/en-us

 

 

 

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Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

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"Bstonmike1" wrote:

> Hi ..... thanx for reponding. Yep stuck in setup (it seems) wasnt paying

> complete attention as I was doing stuff on my pc as well. She went thru

> the

> install / setup procedure up to serial. Problem is laptop is wifes work.

> She

> is upper mngmnt and I wanted to atleast get it to boot thru to desk top.

> Personally I think a virushas implanted itself ........ but before I cxan

> do

> anything I need to get rid of the desire to run install/setup. Anyway to

> edit

> boot dir from command prompt?

>

> stop error is --- STOP : 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x00000001 0x00000000,

> 0x00000000)

> REGISTRY_ERROR

[Guest Frank Booth Snr]

Re: win2k --- Blue Screen of death

 

Bstonmike1 wrote:

> Hi ..... thanx for reponding. Yep stuck in setup (it seems) wasnt paying

> complete attention as I was doing stuff on my pc as well. She went thru the

> install / setup procedure up to serial. Problem is laptop is wifes work. She

> is upper mngmnt and I wanted to atleast get it to boot thru to desk top.

> Personally I think a virushas implanted itself ........ but before I cxan do

> anything I need to get rid of the desire to run install/setup. Anyway to edit

> boot dir from command prompt?

>

> stop error is --- STOP : 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x00000001 0x00000000,

> 0x00000000)

> REGISTRY_ERROR

>

I don't think it's a virus. The BSOD error you describe is what you

normally see at boot-up where the registry has been corrupted. You

shouldn't see this on a reinstall. You say you are getting as far as

product key entry, so do you get the BSOD after you have entered this or

at what stage?

 

I wouldn't attempt a re-install yet. I would boot up from the system

disk, go to Repair, then C for Recovery Console. Once in go to folder

Winnt\System32\Config. You should see 4 files - Sam, Security, Software,

System. You will need to replace these with those from Folder

C:\Winnt\Repair. Use command: Copy C:\WINNT\Repair\sam then do this for

each of the other 3 files. When you have done this, exit Recovery

Console and try rebooting your PC as normal from your hard drive. See

what happens.