I don't know for sure, but it seems that some system files are corrupted. That's when win2k loads the basic kernel and drivers. Try a system restore in setup from the cd. -----Original Message----- From: win2kforum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:win2kforum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Charlie J Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:39 PM To: win2kforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [win2kforum] Operating System glitch Hello Everyone, Here is a puzzle for you. The following incident occurred once before about four months ago. It occurred again this morning and now seems to be fine. Famous last words.... I have a Dell Dimension L600cx 600mhz Intel Celeron computers with 128 MB of RAM. Version A09 BIOS. A Western Digital 30 Gig Hard drive. A Windows 2000 Professional O/S with SP1. I booted up this morning. The single beep occurred to indicate all in fine with the system. Then a few moments later I received continued beeps. The start bar on black screen appeared where the bar shows the loading of the O/S before the Win2K start screen appears. The one where you have the option to press F8 for troubleshooting. Well, the bar didn't move at all and then suddenly I was at black screen with a cursor appearing randomly at verious points on it. I shut down and restarted with the same results. I also received a print out from the system which reads as follows: $$$%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%''''''''''''''''''(((((((((((((()))))))))))))))) **********+++++++++++,,,,,,,,,,,...........////////////000122222222223333333 333 4444444444455555555566666667777777788888999999999:::::::::::;;;;;;;;;;;; <<<<<<<<<<============>>>>>>u- oayrT Copyright 1996-2000 Intel Corporation Dell Dimension L600cx BIOS Version A09 Intel (R) Celeron (tm) Processor, 600E MHz Keyboard ......detected Legacy Mouse .......detected USB Legacy .......detected Fixed Disk 0: WDC WD200BB-75AUA1 (UDMA=66MHz) ATAPI CD ROM Lite-On LTN483S 48x Max A.R.M.D. IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI Now, the above indicates that the BIOS system detected the devices and the single beep indicates that all is well with the world in that regards as well. My Question to all of you, Have any of you had this kind of problem and do you feel, as I do, that it may be some quirk with Win2K O/S? Sincerely, Charles J __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ----- To unsubscribe, send a message to win2kforum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. To reach the administrator(s), send a message to win2kforum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ----- To unsubscribe, send a message to win2kforum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. To reach the administrator(s), send a message to win2kforum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx