anyone know why after installing SP1 for W2k, I cannot get into my machine! It always get *stuck*

[hanybanoub]

And it happens with the 'preparing network settings' dialog. I've even tried to get into it with safe mode, but with the same results

I couldn't get into my machine at all and had to reinstall :|

Does anyone have any ideas or experienced similar problems? Any help would be appreciated

Cheers

 

[killabeas]

i had the EXACT same problem

after installing sp1 for win2k pro, i couldn't even boot

i guess that's just bill's way of saying he loves ya!

 

[hanybanoub]

Thanks killabeas for your reply. At least I'm not alone

If anyone has any ideas, please let killabeas and I know

 

[bonkers325]

same here
thats why i use the official win2k pro sp1 cd

 

[lundog22]

mine work fine

 

[lilstevo]

well it use to do that to me when i installed the sp1 without making backup option. I redownloaded a copy from MS a while ago and this one works even without the backup option. perhaps MS realized there was a problem with their original release and corrected it. Who knows.

 

[hanybanoub]

Maybe I'll try it without the backup option lilstevo, but I'm really afraid to have another unworkable partition

 

[StuckMojo]

install a second copy of win2k on a different partition and experiment with that one.

 

[Yoshi]

Anytime something screws up Win2K simply boot from the CDROM and repair the installation. Has worked every time for me! Don't be so quick to simply reinstall everything.

 

[hanybanoub]

Thanks Yoshi. That's a great point

 

[Floyd]

Haha, yes I wish that were always true. Wait until a drive GUID changes as it did here, then that magical repair option won't fix a damned thing.

Please don't misinterpret this as argumentative toward anyone in this thread, rather I'm just a teency-weency bit peeved at Win2k right now.

Best regards,
Floyd

 

[grygrx]

This happened to my work machine (BAD!) and reinstalling was not an option. I found that if I wait for 15 min or so it would actually get past that apparent freeze. I ended up doing a repair installation from the Win2K disk and it fixed the problem

Adam