"Darryn Ross" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My Win2000 system is having problems booting... it get's to the final stage
> just before the prompt to login and an exception of some kind occurs ( can't
> tell what it is, it flashes off too quickly) one thing i have noticed is
> that it says the ...\software\configuration or \configuration\software...
> some file is corrupt? it doesn't specify the file name just the directory
> from which it lies?? not quite sure what is going on?? the system then
> resets itself after <1 sec it's only 6 months old so am hoping it's not
> hardware related??
>
> Any ideas???
>
> Regards
>
> Darryn
>
>
>

"Tony Marziano" <TonyMarzi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80F14A9B-37BB-48C7-B0C5-54BF6C47E799@microsoft.com...
> Darryn
>
> I would always start off by booting in Safe Mode and seeing it you can get
it.
> Secondly, check if you had created the ERD's, boot from your install cd
and
> do a repair. It sounds like the systems configuration files could be
corrupt.
>
> "Darryn Ross" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My Win2000 system is having problems booting... it get's to the final
stage
> > just before the prompt to login and an exception of some kind occurs (
can't
> > tell what it is, it flashes off too quickly) one thing i have noticed is
> > that it says the ...\software\configuration or
\configuration\software...
> > some file is corrupt? it doesn't specify the file name just the
directory
> > from which it lies?? not quite sure what is going on?? the system then
> > resets itself after <1 sec it's only 6 months old so am hoping it's not
> > hardware related??
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Darryn
> >
> >
> >

"Darryn Ross" wrote:

> Tony,
>
> The system will not boot in safe mode or any mode for that matter and i
> don't have a ERD... not much more i can do, i tried running chkdsk and it
> detected errors so i ran the repair mode chkdsk /p /r and it seemed to run
> ok until 78% then it just restarted?? it would be handy if i could read the
> error but hey that's MS for YA!
>
> Darryn.
>
> "Tony Marziano" <TonyMarzi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:80F14A9B-37BB-48C7-B0C5-54BF6C47E799@microsoft.com...
> > Darryn
> >
> > I would always start off by booting in Safe Mode and seeing it you can get
> it.
> > Secondly, check if you had created the ERD's, boot from your install cd
> and
> > do a repair. It sounds like the systems configuration files could be
> corrupt.
> >
> > "Darryn Ross" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My Win2000 system is having problems booting... it get's to the final
> stage
> > > just before the prompt to login and an exception of some kind occurs (
> can't
> > > tell what it is, it flashes off too quickly) one thing i have noticed is
> > > that it says the ...\software\configuration or
> \configuration\software...
> > > some file is corrupt? it doesn't specify the file name just the
> directory
> > > from which it lies?? not quite sure what is going on?? the system then
> > > resets itself after <1 sec it's only 6 months old so am hoping it's not
> > > hardware related??
> > >
> > > Any ideas???
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Darryn
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

"Tony Marziano" wrote:

> To be honest....at this point I'd just reinstall the OS. Save yourself time ;-)
>
> "Darryn Ross" wrote:
>
> > Tony,
> >
> > The system will not boot in safe mode or any mode for that matter and i
> > don't have a ERD... not much more i can do, i tried running chkdsk and it
> > detected errors so i ran the repair mode chkdsk /p /r and it seemed to run
> > ok until 78% then it just restarted?? it would be handy if i could read the
> > error but hey that's MS for YA!
> >
> > Darryn.
> >
> > "Tony Marziano" <TonyMarzi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:80F14A9B-37BB-48C7-B0C5-54BF6C47E799@microsoft.com...
> > > Darryn
> > >
> > > I would always start off by booting in Safe Mode and seeing it you can get
> > it.
> > > Secondly, check if you had created the ERD's, boot from your install cd
> > and
> > > do a repair. It sounds like the systems configuration files could be
> > corrupt.
> > >
> > > "Darryn Ross" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > My Win2000 system is having problems booting... it get's to the final
> > stage
> > > > just before the prompt to login and an exception of some kind occurs (
> > can't
> > > > tell what it is, it flashes off too quickly) one thing i have noticed is
> > > > that it says the ...\software\configuration or
> > \configuration\software...
> > > > some file is corrupt? it doesn't specify the file name just the
> > directory
> > > > from which it lies?? not quite sure what is going on?? the system then
> > > > resets itself after <1 sec it's only 6 months old so am hoping it's not
> > > > hardware related??
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas???
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Darryn
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >