Logon loop after recovery - Windows 2000
Created: 12 Jul 2012 | Updated: 13 Jul 2012 | 12 comments
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Hello everybody,
I'm actually facing a problem in my company. We have Windows 2000 servers that we want to upgrade to Windows 2003, and we want to increase the disks spaces ( from 36Gb to 72Gb ).
To make this, I make a system backup of my server using Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5, then I put my new disks, and I try to recover with Backup Exec System Recovery Disk. Everything works fine. However, when my server reboot, I come into the login screen of Windows 2000. After typing my username / password , I have "Load settings" then "Saving settings" and I come back to login screen : I cannot login to my server !
Do you have any idea on that problem ?
Thanks a lot for your help !
Cyril
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...have you tried to logon using Safe Mode? Or a repair of the OS?
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Thanks for your reply !
I don't have a Windows 2k CD at the moment, so I'll try when I'll have one ! But the fact is I don't understand why this error occured...
Which version of BESR 8 do you use ? Is the server a DC or a member server ?
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Hello !
I'm using BESR 8.5 and it is a member server.
Are you running the latest 8.5 version ? 8.5.9 is the latest ?
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I am running BESR 8.5.5. The strange fact is I did this operation with a same type server ( HP BL20P G3 ) and it worked...
May be my options are not correct ? I have 2 partitions on my servers -> C: and I:
To restore C: , I use those options : Set active , Restore disk signature, Restore MBR
To restore I:, I only use Restore disk signature option !
My disks are clean when I run the recovery (diskpart -> clean )...
Looks quite correct. Are you able to boot into safe mode ? Maybe something with autrun ? Do you restore to similar or dissimliar hardware ?
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In safe mode the server is booting but when I type username / password of local administrator the loop is still here. And I restore to similar hardware, except the disks which have a higher space (with same disks it is the same... ) :/
I've just connect to the registry of the server with my machine and I've seen that there is a strange value. The key "HKLM_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\SystemRoot" is set to I:\WINNT . It wouldn't be set to "C:\WINNT" ?
So it seems that the drives have been mixed up. Try to restore the two volumes separately, first the systempartition, then the other one.
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I'll try to do what you tell me to do : restore first drive, reboot, restore second drive, reboot and see what happen !
Here I am !
When I've reboot my server, I still were in the loop ! Once again, I connect myself to the registry of the server and I edited the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\userinit" to "I:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe" instead of "C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe". I was able to login on the server, and the drives were still mixed up.
I decided to test a solution found few days ago (http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/windows-2000-pro-...), which consisted in deleting all the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\*" keys. After this, I rebooted again, reset "I:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe" to "C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe" and everything works now !!
Thanks for your help !!
You're welcome !
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