Dumb questions about safe mode

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AJR

No - CD/DVD drtivers are not loaded. If computer does not boot normally but
will boot into safe mode a driver problem.is indicated.

Also among drivers not installed are video card drivers - in safe mode basic
Windows VGA drivers are used.
 
R

Richard G. Harper

In general, yes. If the drive requires a driver that Windows does not have
a generic replacement for, then in that specific case no. But standard IDE
and most all SATA drives will be seen in Safe Mode fine.
 
R

Richard Fangnail

When you use "Safe Mode With Command Prompt," does it load the GUI at
all?

I was wondering because in another thread we were talking about losing
one's explorer.exe file, and I wasn't sure if you could still get to
the cmd box to type in commands.
 
R

Richard G. Harper

Nope, as advertised that mode only brings up a command prompt; no GUI. Yes,
you will have a command box that you can type commands into.
 

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