Perpetual reboot

[BadFrog]

Hi all. I have a Windows 2000 workstation on a Dell Optiplex 260 that is stuck in a state of perpetual rebooting. It gets to the Windows 2000 screen with the progress bar and then splashes a memory dump screen really fast that I have yet to make out entirely. Something about registry loading failed and then a memory dump, then reboots, over and over again forever like luggage. Same thing happens when trying to boot into safe mode. Any ideas?

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy"
Albert Einstein

 

[who235]

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

I would try using some of the boot tools and diagnostics found on the ISO these guys have for download. So many things could cause what you're describing, I think you need to do some troubleshooting. . .

If you finally do get into safe mode, disable auto-reboot and see if you can get the contents of the bsod to display a little longer since of course they might give you a clue. Then again, they might not. . .]

Hope this helps,
Martin

 

[onebigdog]

If you have a digital camera...try taking a snap shot of the blue screen as it flashes by...the error message may give you a clue that you could post here or you can try googling the error message to see if others have had the same.
obd