Windows suddently won't start

I just swapped mobos and did a repair install on Windows 2000. After than
finished I applied SP4, loaded the nVidia drivers and the ATI video driver.
Everything seemed to be running fine. From the desktop I changed the color
depth from 16 to 32 bpp and it hung on a blank screen after I said OK to
make the change. Before restarting, I pulled the power plug to the floppy
drive (I had never connected the ribbon cable), plugged in the case fan and
closed up the case.

Now Windows won't start at all. It hangs on the splash screen at about 3/4
of the blocks in the progress bar in a normal startup. Tried to start the
last good configuration and in safe mode and it won't start there either.
Hangs on the "starting Windows" screen. It seems unlikely to me that any of
the above changes could have caused this problem. I am stumped and need
some expert help.

Thanks.

Dave
Tue Apr 29 20:03:48 PDT 2008

More than likely incorrect chipset, controller or other drivers are the
cause. Probably not much you can do at this point.



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"Lee M." wrote:
>I just swapped mobos and did a repair install on Windows 2000. After than
>finished I applied SP4, loaded the nVidia drivers and the ATI video driver.
>Everything seemed to be running fine. From the desktop I changed the color
>depth from 16 to 32 bpp and it hung on a blank screen after I said OK to
>make the change. Before restarting, I pulled the power plug to the floppy
>drive (I had never connected the ribbon cable), plugged in the case fan and
>closed up the case.
>
> Now Windows won't start at all. It hangs on the splash screen at about
> 3/4 of the blocks in the progress bar in a normal startup. Tried to start
> the last good configuration and in safe mode and it won't start there
> either. Hangs on the "starting Windows" screen. It seems unlikely to me
> that any of the above changes could have caused this problem. I am
> stumped and need some expert help.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Lee
Wed Apr 30 05:20:53 PDT 2008

I bit the bullet and did a fresh install.

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0EC90CA9-694A-4E4D-A692-EBD8BE7B9087@microsoft.com...
> More than likely incorrect chipset, controller or other drivers are the
> cause. Probably not much you can do at this point.
>
>
>
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>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Lee M." wrote:
>>I just swapped mobos and did a repair install on Windows 2000. After than
>>finished I applied SP4, loaded the nVidia drivers and the ATI video
>>driver. Everything seemed to be running fine. From the desktop I changed
>>the color depth from 16 to 32 bpp and it hung on a blank screen after I
>>said OK to make the change. Before restarting, I pulled the power plug to
>>the floppy drive (I had never connected the ribbon cable), plugged in the
>>case fan and closed up the case.
>>
>> Now Windows won't start at all. It hangs on the splash screen at about
>> 3/4 of the blocks in the progress bar in a normal startup. Tried to
>> start the last good configuration and in safe mode and it won't start
>> there either. Hangs on the "starting Windows" screen. It seems unlikely
>> to me that any of the above changes could have caused this problem. I am
>> stumped and need some expert help.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>

Dave
Wed Apr 30 19:49:32 PDT 2008

Good move.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Lee M." wrote:
>I bit the bullet and did a fresh install.