John
Wed May 14 08:27:05 PDT 2008
No, not really. You can enable boot logging (tap the F8 key when
booting) then look at the ntbtlog.txt file in the %systemroot% folder
and see if you can find anything there.
John
Jim Szatkowski wrote:
> Do you know what specific file is executing during that black screen
> with the white
> boxes across the bottom is visible?
> Thanks!
> Jim
> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:%239v7dwctIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>> This is now a fine mess! A parallel installation on the same
>> partition as another existing Windows is a last resort measure usually
>> only intended to be done for data recovery, and then only when other
>> data recovery methods are unavailable. Because of shared directories,
>> like the Programs Folder, Internet Explorer etc, such an install
>> usually does, or can do quite a number on the existing installation.
>>
>> I can only suggest that you make sure that all your personal data is
>> properly backed up and that you perhaps try again to do an in-place
>> upgrade of the original installation (point it to the right folder
>> when asked) and hope for the best. Don't expect miracles, to obtain a
>> reliable bug free installation you may have to wipe it and install
>> again from scratch!
>>
>> This is for NT4 but much of the information there should be informative:
>>
>> How and Why to Perform a Parallel Installation of Windows NT 4.0
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259003
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> Jim Szatkowski wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having issues with a Win2000Pro SP4 installation (workstation).
>>> I had some files corrupt on the hard drive and ended up running a
>>> repair - chkdsk /f and getting the hard drive to read correctly now.
>>>
>>> Win2KPro wouldn't boot. The drive is still ok - I'm dual booting
>>> into other OS's just fine. However, it appears the corruption was
>>> in/on a section of the drive that had the 2KPro system files. It
>>> starts to boot into 2K and goes to the black screen with the white
>>> boxes across the bottom and hangs on the second little box. That
>>> part appears to be past bootldr and etc. I tried to do an inplace
>>> upgrade-repair of the partition and got a parallel install into the
>>> WINNT directory. The original is in the WINDOWS directory (since it
>>> was an upgrade from Win98SE).
>>>
>>> My question is - what file(s) can I copy to replace the bad file in
>>> the WINDOWS directory so that installation of Win2K can boot up?
>>> There's a lot of programs/settings/etc I really want to save and
>>> possibly upgrade into WinXPPro without doing a clean install?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks so much, in advance!
>>> Jim
>>
>>
>