blue screen on bootup after first time install of Win 2000

[Hoaxey]

Hello,

I'm new to these forums and wondered if someone could help me. Right, this is actually not a real problem, but a question on my PC course that I'm struggling with. Right the question is:

You have installed Win 2000 for the first time on your PC and when you reboot the PC crashes at a blue screen. What would you do to try and get the pc started and find out the problem?

I think its go into safe mode, but the question doesnt state whether it goes far enough to let you select it?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[Dodge7]

If it doesn't go far enought to let you select safe mode, then the BIOS is the problem.

Usually, you can start pressing DEL or F8 or whatever key from when you start the computer and once the OS starts it will take. Or just try pressing the key over and over during the start cycle. You don't have to wait until a specific time

[fuzzai]

to get the BSOD, the computer must boot pasted the bios and where you can select safe mode.

If your getting a BSOD. If i remember right, microsoft wants you to put there cd in and go into the recover consol and go recovering the pc just to find out that wont work and then you have to re install.

NOW if you get the BSOD after another new install your drive maybe dead or corrupt or the windows disk could be faulty....

[bdunn]

The answer would depend on what the blue screen actually said.

The following is a real case of that where the blue screen read unmountable boot device. I ultimately was able to install but I had to first copy the IDE drivers from the motherboard CD to a floppy. Then I had to install again this time pressing F6 at the appropriate time to install the copied driver from the floppy. Ulitmately this allowed the install to complete.

Good Luck
Bruce