Immediate help needed

[Generix]

I am in need on some help.... Here's the dilemma:

I'm using windows 2000

I just installed some scanner software. I think that it did something with drivers somewhere because on the next boot, I ran into this ugly stop error:

STOP: 0x0000001E (0xC0000005, 0xEB898465, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

I tried booting from every possible mode offered by w2k. I also tried the repair utility located on the cd and the emergency bootup floppy. None of this would get past the stop error. I get the error during the white w2k load screen. What I have done is installed w2k on the secondary hard drive (d), which is how I am here now. I hope that someone will be able to help me solve this problem. Thanks!

[cpugeniusmv]

well, i know it's a memory access violation...but if you can't boot into the original installation of win2k, then you probably won't be able to do anything...unless you can find all the files installed by the driver software, and remove it manually.

if you can't do that, then you should just back up your files and move them to the new installation.

[Generix]

I found the install log of the software I installed. Guess and test method rooted out one dll out of about 30 that it installed. So now that the stop error is fixed, I create myself another problem. I now want to get rid of the multiboot setup. Here's what I've done.
1) formatted drive d to wipe it clean
2) changed the boot.ini to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Again, here is my desired setup:
two physical drives, c (primary) and d (slave)
os boots from c, d is for storage only

From my knowledge, this sure be the ticket, yet I still get a "ghost" second entry on the os selection menu on bootup. The menu reads:
"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" <--this is the one that is right....and
"Windows 2000 (default)" <--bad

The default choice is always on the incorrect bottom entry. I want to boot into 2k on c everytime with no boot menu.

Thanks in advance for any helpful tips or suggestions that you might have .

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Updated:

That second bad entry produces the following error and refuses to go any further:

"Windows 2000 couldn't start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows 2000 root>\system32\notoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file."

I also hit F8 to enter the advanced startup menu and then selected "boot normally" to see which entry it would choose. It chose the the bottom, incorrect entry, therefore I cannot simply hide the boot menu or set the time to zero. I only have one entry displayed as shown here:



I've search the knowledge base, but haven't found anything yet. I hope some one can help me do something short of formatting and reinstalling everything. Thanks!!


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Update #2

After hunting through the knowledge base, I had a small amount of luck. I tried the fixboot command from the repair console on the cd, which rebuilds the boot.ini file. I also used the automatice repair utility which checks the boot.ini file and other startup processes. At this point, I have exhuasted every known avenue that I can think of besides formating (I am begining to think that even that will not cure it!), so I will await some replies (hopefully). Perhaps if you yourself cannot help, you might know someone that could. It looks like Gates has won again. Many many thanks

[cpugeniusmv]

problem solved, had to set the value of rdisk for the default equal to the only os installed lol.

[Generix]

THANK YOU cpugeniusmv and Shadow!!!!! I could not have done it without you guys!! What was wrong? the rdisk values had to both be 0. I guess someone can delete this thread or let it sit around.... United we have triumphed over Bill Gates!!