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Windows 2000 wont boot
Here's an update for you all. I have tried changing the hard drive jumpers to CHS mode, from MASTER/SLAVE combination without success. I found another post on this website, who had similar problems and they recommended downloading MEMTEST86 and ruling out memory. Well, I downloaded MEMTEST...- jgermin999
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Windows 2000 wont boot
Guess what, I replaced the motherboard and cpu with an ECS K7S5A pro, with an Athlon XP 1800. Now the drives still wont boot, but I do get an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE with a blue screen of death, when windows tries to boot. Instead of getting a lockup and/or blank screen? All 3 drives have...- jgermin999
- Post #6
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Windows 2000 wont boot
Thanks for your suggestions, I spend the entire day yesterday troubleshooting this. And narrowed it down to 2 motherboards, both are ATREND based on the BX chipset. Both are about 2 years old. I have tried 3 different hard drives, all with Windows 2000 on them, 2 different video cards, power...- jgermin999
- Post #4
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Windows 2000 wont boot
I have performed a fresh install of Windows 2000 desktop, and the computer hangs at the flash screen. The hard disk and CDROM lights stay lit. I can boot windows 2000 into safe mode only, I have never been able to boot to windows 2000 normally except during the setup and installation. In the...- jgermin999
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
