Can't boot into safe mode.

[Guest]

Every time i select the option to boot into(win xp home) any of the safe
modes, my computer displays a long list of drivers then reboots back to the
screen wich lets you slelct withc type of start up mode. Is there anyway I
can fix this? I don't have a windows xp cd. so I can't use the
repaire/recovery console.
Thanks in advance

 

[Plato]

Every time i select the option to boot into(win xp home) any of the safe
modes, my computer displays a long list of drivers then reboots back to the
screen wich lets you slelct withc type of start up mode. Is there anyway I
can fix this? I don't have a windows xp cd. so I can't use the
repaire/recovery console.

One should ALWAYS HAVE the cd for the OS they use. Buy one.

 

[Guest]

sadly some places like dell or such never provide a bootable cd.

 

[Guest]

Get ERD commander......... it rocks

 

[Rock]

wrote:

sadly some places like dell or such never provide a bootable cd.

Not so about Dell, they ship an OEM Windows Installation CD with their
systems.

 

[Ken Blake]

sadly some places like dell or such never provide a bootable
cd.

In my view that would be sufficient to rule them out as a vendor
from whom I would buy.

By the way, Dell *does* provide an installation CD.

 

[Rock]

Every time i select the option to boot into(win xp home) any of the safe
modes, my computer displays a long list of drivers then reboots back to the
screen wich lets you slelct withc type of start up mode. Is there anyway I
can fix this? I don't have a windows xp cd. so I can't use the
repaire/recovery console.
Thanks in advance

Have you installed SP2 and have a version of Nero 4.3x? If so that has
caused safe mode problems. Going back to 4.29 works.

 

[John L. Wilkerson Jr.]

Every time i select the option to boot into(win xp home) any of the
safe modes, my computer displays a long list of drivers then reboots
back to the screen wich lets you slelct withc type of start up mode.
Is there anyway I can fix this? I don't have a windows xp cd. so I
can't use the repaire/recovery console.
Thanks in advance

Certain versions of INcd, (cd-rw writing software) will cause this to
happen. I found my computer would boot into Normal XP, but when trying
safe mode it would crash. If you have INcd installed, remove it and see if
this works.

 

[Plato]

In my view that would be sufficient to rule them out as a vendor
from whom I would buy.

What irks me most is the vendors who supply no cd at all. They just have
a special partition on the hard drive for re-installs etc. Lots of good
that will do if your hard drive goes SOUTHwest

 

[Ken Blake]

What irks me most is the vendors who supply no cd at all. They
just have
a special partition on the hard drive for re-installs etc. Lots
of good
that will do if your hard drive goes SOUTHwest

That, if course, is the worst situation of all. But personally I
insist on a complete installation CD; I don't even want the
restore CD that some vendors supply.

 

[Guest]

I bought a dell laptop a year back or so and it came only with a 4 disk
image of the pc. No OEM windoze cd.
but you are correct most dell pc's do.