boot.ini

[boot.ini settings]

i changed the boot.ini to start in safe mode and restarted machine. I dont
see windows logo loading instead its asking me whether it needs to start in
safe mode or safe mode with command prompt or start with last good
configuration. If i select either one.. i am getting blank page.... its not
showing windows start menu.. nothing.. its just blank.... can one of you
please help? i have windows xp home edition...

 

[John Barnett MVP]

If it is asking you to start in Safe Mode then do so and then change the
boot.ini options back. In safe mode click the start button then click Run.
In the run dialogue box type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) and press OK.
When msconfig window opens, click the Boot tab and remove the 'tick' mark
next to the 'safe mode' option and then click OK. Now restart your PC and
you should be back to normal.

All you really have to do is trace your steps backward whatever you did when
you edited the boot.ini file just go back in safe mode and undo it.

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[boot.ini settings]

John - Thanks for your reply. When i say safe mode i can see Windows loading
and it goes to black blank screen in 2 sec.. it just hung there ...it is not
taking me to desktop at all to change startup setting from command prompt...

 

[Alec S.]

boot.ini settings wrote (in

John - Thanks for your reply. When i say safe mode i can see Windows loading
and it goes to black blank screen in 2 sec.. it just hung there ...it is not
taking me to desktop at all to change startup setting from command prompt...

Wait. Wait, then wait some more. Safe mode does not load a lot of the drivers
that allow your system to run fast. As a result, Safe Mode tends to boot much
slower than normal mode. I have seen Windows booting into Safe Mode take so long
that I figured it had hung, but it turned out that it was not, and just needed
more patience.

Next time you try to boot into safe mode and think that it has hung, look at the
hard-drive light (the red one). Is it on or blinking? If it is not on, then
Windows has hung, if it is on, then Windows is processing and you just need to
wait for Safe Mode to start up.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

You click on safe mode and then you should see the screen scroll quickly as
various drivers are loaded. If you can see this safe mode is loading.
However, I have to agree with Alec safe mode doesn't load particularly fast
so give it some time. If it is going to hang it usually does so when loading
drivers and you will see the list of drivers scrolling up the screen, so if
it crashes (hangs) it will stop at at particular driver that it cannot load.

If you still can't access safe mode then you might consider a 'repair
install' (see this link from my website:
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_my_windows_xp_in.htm )
This, of course, is assuming you have a full copy of the XP CD. If you only
have a manufacturer's recovery disc then you may have to resort to a
complete install, in which case you will loose all your data, so I hope you
have backups of all your important data?

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Windows Desktop Experience

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[boot.ini settings]

Once i turn computer on manually it shows me options to select safe mode/safe
mode with command prompt/last saved good configuration. If i select either
one it loads all drivers and hangs at mup.sys and then i get black blank
page. I left that way for more than 3 hours and nothing happened.
Unfortunately i didnt take backup of my valuable documents. Is there any way
I get copy of my doc in my disk.