Win 2000 Pro start lockup
After a lockup and power off reboot Win 2000 Pro now refuses to start. Everything runs smoothly until the end of the welcome screen (Windows is now starting up with the blue bar filling).
At the end of this, the computer freezes, no Ctrl-Alt-Del possible.
I believe that Win seeks for it's peripherals during this time, so what part is it missing that stops it from continuing? I've tried the repair-function of setup, but it also stalls while searching for "keyboard, mouse, etc.".
I'm still a little reluctant to reinstall, because I have quite a few items in my personal folders I'd like to keep and secondly I somehow suspect a hardware problem...