w2k reboots

You will need to set your system BIOS to boot from the CD and then you will need to insert your Win2000 installation CD. Choose the "repair" option, and then "repair from the ERD". Since you might not have an ERD (Emergency Repair Disk), let the repair process find the repair information on your hard drive.

If this does not work for you, reinstall Windows 2000 over your copy, choosing to "repair the existing copy of Win2000" rather than installing a fresh copy.

If that fails too, install a fresh copy.

Hi,

My guess is that it reboots somwhere on the first Windows 2000 splash screen with the progress bar down the bottom?

If thats the case, then Win2K is almost certainly choking on one of the drivers.

To get it to boot, remove your network card - thats another guess, it could be another card but I've mostly had network card incompatibility problems with win2k.

Once its booted, install SP2, re-add the card and see how it goes. Oh... have the nic's "real" drivers ready to install to.
I've had cases where I've had "limited time" following a boot to get the nic's drivers in before the dreaded BSOD!

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

My brother had this same problem, we went in to the BIOS and turned off APM, then removed all cards except the Video and NIC, which we made sure in the manual were not sharing the same IRQ via the PCI BUS. After that it rebooted in to safe mode andwe ran Sysprep...then restarted and let it go through the config again...no prob after that....we then re-enabled APM and all was good....this process takes about 30min. Good luck

turn ACPI off in your BIOS its an advanced power setting in your BIOS and has done this many times to me. It should solve your problem.

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