Setup is in a loop! Help!

[Scott A. Keen]

I was upgrading from Win2K/RC2 to Win2K Final (Build 2195) on my laptop.

My laptop is now in an infinite setup loop:

Boot
Detect and configure devices (takes really long!)
Setup Start Menu
Register components
Reboot
...repeat process

I left it on overnight and it kept on going and going and going and going.

There's no place for me to stop the process. I can turn off the computer,
but it just starts the whole process again. I can get to the boot menu by
pressing F8, but that's about it.

Anyone know how I can make it stop....and work....?

Specs:
IBM ThinkPad 240
128 MB RAM
Latest Win2K ACPI compatible BIOS from IBM installed
6 GB NTFS partition
500 MB FAT DOS partition with Win2K install files from CD
Floppy drive
No CD-ROM drive
Win2K/RC2 was working fine

Thanks,

Scott A. Keen
big...@ATTGlobal.net

[Knives Sharpy]

I had the SAME EXACT PROBLEM!! (i finally gave up and reformatted and put my
win98 ghost file back.. thank the lord i backed up before trying!!!)

If it helps anyone with the problem, clean install on another partition
worked perfectly on the first try for me..

KnIVeS

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