[joanil]

it is a boot floppy that my Nephew called a 'magic disc' to use to restart the system, but it does not seem to do anything when inserted into the floppy drive. Yes, I have a valid win2000 cd but I do not know any 'code' or numbers to begin the startup! This all started when I downloaded the recommended June 3rd service pak from ms. When asked to restart after a successfuldownload of the service pack, I restarted the computer, and that i when it went into the endless startup loop with password loss. Forgive my typing in typo's, this web tv keyboard is downright medival!

[dennisw]

Yes, I have a valid win2000 cd but I do not know any 'code' or numbers to begin the startup! ............

Valid win2k numbers are all over the internet. Go to usenet via google. Since you have a legit disk I consider it OK to scoop up a win 2k number.

[Space Wrangler]

You need to make sure your first boot device is set to 'floppy' in the CMOS. Or if you have the Win2k CD, you can set the first boot device to CD-ROM and boot from it and re-install Windows.