Odd loop towards end of boot in w2k

[junja]

Good day all

My Win 2k hangs on booting. When it reaches "Recording your parameters", it starts looping indefinitely, every minute.

It's a problem mentioned in an earlier message with the same title as this one but there's no record of a solution.
I've tried replacing my 3 user.dat files from a backup I made yesterday - one of them had an allocation error. (I've got 98 on the same disk and did a scandisk and surface check using that.)

I've tried a repair using the cd - but it made no difference.

Any ideas ?
Having read the post above, I'll try replacing the registry files from the backup ..
I can reinstall, I know, but I'm busy and the setup would take days of work to replace.
Junja

 

[AlbertLionheart]

This might be a problem related to the boot sector of your hard drive.
Boot from the install CD and opt for repair - at the prompt run fixmbr - reboot.
If that fails, using another PC, locate and download the makers diagnostic tools for the drive, install onto a floppy and boot from that. Run the diags and any fixes offered.
If that fails, imho the best long term fix would be a reinstall once you have backed up your files.

 

[junja]

This might be a problem related to the boot sector of your hard drive.

Thanks AlbertLionheart
I've checked the partition - no problems.
The problem occurs towards the end of booting, so the boot sector is fine.
Junja

 

[AlbertLionheart]

Will it boot into safe mode? If so the problem is almost certainly a driver.

 

[junja]

Will it boot into safe mode? If so the problem is almost certainly a driver.

No, it won't - not even to the command line.
I've bitten the bullet ..

Thanks all the same.
Junja

 

[AlbertLionheart]

No worries - hope it all works in the end