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Solve : Windows 2000 Freezes at Boot [Solved]? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I had my Windows 2000 laptop on standby, and turned it back on. It was running fine, except the LCD was off. I unplugged the laptop, and then restarted it. The computer now freezes when I try to start it. You can see in the picture that it freezes before I can press [<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/f8-456261" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about F8">F8</a>] to select Safe Mode.<br/>I can start the Recovery Console via the Win 2K setup CD, and can see all of my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/files-20889" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FILES">FILES</a>, so I think there is a way to fix the OS without <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/losing-544740" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOSING">LOSING</a> data, but I do not have an Emergency Repair Disk, and setup (from the Win 2000 CD) cannot find Windows to repair it.<br/>Based on where Windows freezes, what is the problem? Can I fix Windows by replacing a certain file?<br/><br/>Edit: I booted FreeDos, replaced C:\WINNT\System32\config\system with system.alt, and it booted fine. Test your hard drive.I ran chkdsk from the Recovery Console, and it said it fixed "one or more errors." But the laptop still won't start right. :-/Free hard drive diagnostics are available from the appropriate drive maker's site. If unsure, use SeaTools from <a href="http://www.seagate.com">www.seagate.com</a><strong>Different Problem Now</strong><br/><br/>I found that the corrupted file is C:\WINNT\System32\config\system. So I replaced that file with one that was in WINNT\recovery from another computer. Now Win 2K gives a BSoD when loading, and the Recovery Console wants an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/administrator-368059" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADMINISTRATOR">ADMINISTRATOR</a>'s password!!! How can I find the password, since I have tried all mine and they don't work? Are the passwords stored in that system file?Usually the default for the admin password is blank. Have you tried not using a password?<br/><br/>Alan <>< I tried that, but it doesn't work. Is the password stored in the system file? If I uploaded that, could someone find out what the password is?Nevermind; I was able to boot a FreeDOS floppy and use that to access the hard drive instead of the Recovery Console.</p></body></html> | |