Windows 2000 error during boot. Take a look

[tmac8]

While booting Win2k it comes up with the message "Config_Initialization_Failed" All I did was shutdown the comp and bumped it up to 1.4 from 1.3 It will no longer boot win2k at 1.3 ethier. Windows 98 is stable on both 1.3 and 1.4

Any suggestions?

This one has me stumped

 

[Medea]

tmac - found this at microsoft.com

Message:
STOP: 0x00000067 (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter) CONFIG_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Explanation:
This is a Windows 2000 Executive character-mode STOP message. Configuration initialization failed because the Registry could not allocate the pool needed to contain the Registry files. This can only happen during the relatively short period of time that the Windows 2000 Executive is being initialized, during phase 4 of Windows 2000 startup. There might be a problem with a device driver.

User Action:
If this is the first time you have booted after installing new hardware, remove the hardware and boot again. Check the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List to verify that the hardware and its drivers are compatible with Windows 2000. For information about the hardware, contact the supplier. If you are installing Windows 2000 for the first time, check the Windows 2000 system requirements, including the amount of RAM and disk space required to load the operating system. Also, check the Hardware Compatibility List to verify that the system can run Windows 2000. If Windows 2000 is loaded and no new hardware has been installed, reboot with recovery options set to create a dump file. If the message continues to appear, select the Last Known Good option when you reboot. If there is no Last Known Good configuration, try using the Emergency Repair Disk. If you do not have an Emergency Repair Disk, contact your technical support group.

 

[tmac8]

lol good thing I don't have an emergency repair disk. Now what should I do? Reinstall windows 2k? I think that is my only option. Any suggestions?

 

[Medea]

You're right. Reinstalling is your only option - one of the sites I read recommended that after trying everything else.

Sorry there wasn't another solution - I know it's a real PITA.

 

[tmac8]

It wasn't the first reinstall that was bad, it was the screw up that occured after reinstalling everything and then restarting. Some file went missing a long the way. The second reinstall went ok too, I started to cry when I lost my Black and White Character though

Thanks for the help though