How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
Prompt? To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its little
heart out, but it never booted.
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Motley

Can you boot into Safe Mode at all. Sans C Prompt?
"Motley Wisdom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
> Prompt? To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
> screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its
> little
> heart out, but it never booted.
> --
> Motley

if there are any hardware
problems, you should be
able to boot in any mode
in a minute or a few thereof.

you might want to boot
up with a windows cd
and into recovery console
and run fixboot and or
bootcfg. while you are
there might as well run
a chkdsk too.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true

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"Motley Wisdom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5DB32134-86A3-43A7-B6F9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
> Prompt? To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
> screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its little
> heart out, but it never booted.
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> Motley

No.
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"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Can you boot into Safe Mode at all. Sans C Prompt?
> "Motley Wisdom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5DB32134-86A3-43A7-B6F9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
> > Prompt? To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
> > screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its
> > little
> > heart out, but it never booted.
> > --
> > Motley
>
>
>

I will try it. Thanks.
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"db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote:

> if there are any hardware
> problems, you should be
> able to boot in any mode
> in a minute or a few thereof.
>
> you might want to boot
> up with a windows cd
> and into recovery console
> and run fixboot and or
> bootcfg. while you are
> there might as well run
> a chkdsk too.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true
>
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>
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>
>
> ..
>
>
> "Motley Wisdom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5DB32134-86A3-43A7-B6F9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
> > Prompt? To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
> > screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its little
> > heart out, but it never booted.
> > --
> > Motley
>
>

you're welcome.

actually meant to
infer "barring any
hardware issues"
in my suggestion.

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"Motley Wisdom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I will try it. Thanks.
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> Motley
>
>
> "db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote:
>
>> if there are any hardware
>> problems, you should be
>> able to boot in any mode
>> in a minute or a few thereof.
>>
>> you might want to boot
>> up with a windows cd
>> and into recovery console
>> and run fixboot and or
>> bootcfg. while you are
>> there might as well run
>> a chkdsk too.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true
>>
>> --
>>
>> db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸.
>> ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
>>
>>
>> ..
>>
>>
>> "Motley Wisdom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:5DB32134-86A3-43A7-B6F9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
>> > Prompt? To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
>> > screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its little
>> > heart out, but it never booted.
>> > --
>> > Motley
>>
>>

Motley Wisdom wrote:

> How long should it take a PC with 512MB Ram to boot up in Safe Mode with C
> Prompt?

It usually takes about a minute or two.

> To do a spyware scan I tried and could not. For 1 1/4 hours my
> screen was filled with driver lines and the computer was working its little
> heart out, but it never booted.

See the last driver loaded during booting. It might cause that problem.
It's possible to disable such driver using recovery console.

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

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Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk