Just to chime in late, to the OP,
Why did you install a second copy of XP on the same drive,
to a second drive or partition, maybe, but to the same drive
will just confuse the registry.
You said you used a Gateway OEM XP CD, perhaps you should
contact Gateway.
My suggestion is to boot the CD again, select install,
delete the current partition and start over. Hope you have
backups. You can boot the CD to the recovery console and
copy files that you can't bear to lose.
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in message | When this happened to me I was able to enter MSconfig in
safe mode and
| change the boot options. It then worked for me. But, you
may have eliminated
| many important pieces of the system. You didn't state
"what" Norton had you
| do, so it's hard to tell you how to reverse the changes.
|
| That being said, and this isn't going to help you now, I
never try to do
| anything like what you did without creating a current
image of my system.
| Then, "when" things get screwed up, I can go back to the
way it was and try
| a different route.
|
| --
| Regards:
|
| Richard Urban
|
| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
|
|
| | > You will agree that Norton is probably of no help. The
| > people that know XP probably will be of more wisdom as
to
| > this problem. Norton instructed me to use msconfig to
| > enter safe mode. The issue has nothing to do with
| > Norton. The issue is getting out of safe mode so XP
| > setup can complete so I can return to normalcy. Norton
| > did not cause the hang between XP setup and XP safe
| > mode. XP is encountering conflicting commands in its
| > startup routine and I am trying to rsolve that issue.
| > Norton is no way involved in that since Norton did not
| > remove any files, Norton was not running at the time of
| > the startup, and Norton is not forcing XP into safe mode
| > even after XP has been instructed to start in normal
mode.
| >
| > If you can help me get XP setup to quit or to get XP to
| > start in normal mode so setup can complete, I would
| > sincerely appreciate your efforts.
| >
| > I'm not here to criticize XP or Norton. I'm here to get
| > help.
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>But XP refused to boot properly due to what NORTON told
| > you to do. Contact
| >>Norton and work with them!
| >>
| >>--
| >>Regards:
| >>
| >>Richard Urban
| >>
| >>aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
| >>
| >>
| >>"Frustrated with XP"
| >>| >>>I never said anything about being pissed at anyone. I
| >>> had the situation under control until XP refused to
| > boot
| >>> properly. Now that I think about it, I'm a little
| > pissed
| >>> at you for chiming in with your worthless little bit
of
| >>> wisdom. Thanks for the lack of help and true
| > arrogance.
| >>>
| >>>>-----Original Message-----
| >>>>Here is another person misdirecting their anger at the
| >>> wrong company. You
| >>>>are upset with Windows XP (Microsoft) because Norton
| >>> told you to do
| >>>>something and it screwed up your system.
| >>>>
| >>>>a. You should be pissed with Norton, for supplying bad
| >>> instructions
| >>>>b. You should be pissed with yourself, for not reading
| >>> or not applying those
| >>>>instructions correctly!
| >>>>
| >>>>--
| >>>>Regards:
| >>>>
| >>>>Richard Urban
| >>>>
| >>>>aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>"Extremely Frustrated with XP"
| >>>>in message | >>>
[email protected]...
| >>>>> Please help....
| >>>>>
| >>>>> I was being a cooperative little user obeying Norton
| >>> Anti-
| >>>>> virus, which had detected adware that required safe
| >>> mode
| >>>>> to remove, and used msconfig to select safe mode. I
| >>>>> restarted the computer. It refused to boot. I then
| >>>>> booted from the Gateway-ized XP cd. I selected the
| >>>>> option to repair XP. It copied all the files it
| > chose
| >>>>> for the repair. When the computer restarted it went
| >>> into
| >>>>> safe mode. XP setup does not run in safe mode. I
| > have
| >>>>> since installed a second copy of XP on the same
| >>> partition
| >>>>> on the same hard drive in an attempt to access a
boot
| >>>>> file or something that would kick the original
| >>>>> installation out of safe mode to complete setup.
The
| >>>>> second install works only in 640x480 resolution and
| > is
| >>>>> very limited in its capabilities (i.e. - no network
| >>>>> access). I would much prefer leaving the adware on
| > the
| >>>>> computer and having to click a thousand pop-ups
every
| >>>>> time I use IE than having no computer at all. Can
| >>> anyone
| >>>>> offer a suggestion?
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>.
| >>>>
| >>
| >>
| >>.
| >>
|
|
