Unable to boot to partition

[Howard Kaikow]

I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying

Loading your settings
Saving your settings

I can boot to the other OS.
I checked the file system, no reported errors.
Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000 files.
I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad sectors in
the partition.

I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.

If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?

As a last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

Restoring the 18 Sep 2009 image eliminated the problem.
As far as I know, the only changes made since 18 sep were the following:

1. Kaspersky updates were updated.
2. Firefox 3.5.2 was replaced with 3.5.3.
3. Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 was reploaced witth 2.0.0.23.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

"Howard Kaikow" wrote in message
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>I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
> Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
> When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying
>
> Loading your settings
> Saving your settings
>
> I can boot to the other OS.
> I checked the file system, no reported errors.
> Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
> I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000 files.
> I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad sectors in
> the partition.
>
> I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.
>
> If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?
>
> As a last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.

Your system had an incorrect System drive letter which prevented Windows
from running userinit.exe. You could have fixed the problem by adjusting the
drive letter in the registry via a networked machine.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
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>
> "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message
> news:uHhw9XZQKHA.4428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
> > Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
> > When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying
> >
> > Loading your settings
> > Saving your settings
> >
> > I can boot to the other OS.
> > I checked the file system, no reported errors.
> > Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
> > I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000 files.
> > I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad sectors
in
> > the partition.
> >
> > I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.
> >
> > If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?
> >
> > As a last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.
>
> Your system had an incorrect System drive letter which prevented Windows
> from running userinit.exe. You could have fixed the problem by adjusting
the
> drive letter in the registry via a networked machine.


I expect that occurred when True Image restored the partition a few daze
ago.
THe OS is indeed on G, TI may have assigned the wrong drive letter, or my
fat fingers might have restored the wrong OS to the G partition.

I've not tried, but Registry Workshop might allow me to modify the registry
in another OS on the same PC.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

"Howard Kaikow" wrote in message
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> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:%23uebxqaQKHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message
>> news:uHhw9XZQKHA.4428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
>> > Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
>> > When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying
>> >
>> > Loading your settings
>> > Saving your settings
>> >
>> > I can boot to the other OS.
>> > I checked the file system, no reported errors.
>> > Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
>> > I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000 files.
>> > I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad sectors
> in
>> > the partition.
>> >
>> > I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.
>> >
>> > If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?
>> >
>> > As a last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.
>>
>> Your system had an incorrect System drive letter which prevented Windows
>> from running userinit.exe. You could have fixed the problem by adjusting
> the
>> drive letter in the registry via a networked machine.
>
>
> I expect that occurred when True Image restored the partition a few daze
> ago.
> THe OS is indeed on G, TI may have assigned the wrong drive letter, or my
> fat fingers might have restored the wrong OS to the G partition.
>
> I've not tried, but Registry Workshop might allow me to modify the
> registry
> in another OS on the same PC.

So does regedit.exe under WinXP, or regedt32 under Win2000.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
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>
> "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message
> news:%23JVNnceQKHA.508@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message
> > news:%23uebxqaQKHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message
> >> news:uHhw9XZQKHA.4428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> >I have a multiboot Win 2000 system.
> >> > Tonight, I tried booting to the OS in the G partition.
> >> > When starting up, Windows keep alternately displaying
> >> >
> >> > Loading your settings
> >> > Saving your settings
> >> >
> >> > I can boot to the other OS.
> >> > I checked the file system, no reported errors.
> >> > Same problem in Safe Mode and with Last Known Configuration.
> >> > I also tried a Repair, replacing ALL files with virgin Win 2000
files.
> >> > I guess that either the registry is messed up, or there are bad
sectors
> > in
> >> > the partition.
> >> >
> >> > I'll try going to a backup of 18 Sep 2009.
> >> >
> >> > If the problem persists, any ideas what to do?
> >> >
> >> > As a last resort, I'll format the partition re-install Windows 2000.
> >>
> >> Your system had an incorrect System drive letter which prevented
Windows
> >> from running userinit.exe. You could have fixed the problem by
adjusting
> > the
> >> drive letter in the registry via a networked machine.
> >
> >
> > I expect that occurred when True Image restored the partition a few daze
> > ago.
> > THe OS is indeed on G, TI may have assigned the wrong drive letter, or
my
> > fat fingers might have restored the wrong OS to the G partition.
> >
> > I've not tried, but Registry Workshop might allow me to modify the
> > registry
> > in another OS on the same PC.
>
> So does regedit.exe under WinXP, or regedt32 under Win2000.

Thanx.

I'll just have to have better control of my fat fingers.
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