Safe Mode and setup

[Pat]

I am trying to run a repair of a Windows XP home system
and I gotten into Safe mode and cannot get out of it.

I get to a screen that says: "Windows XP Setup cannot run
under safe mode. Setup will restart now"

It restarts and goes back the same screen.

I have tried using F8 and picking a different start
method but it always goes back to Safe mode.

Ids there any way to either stop the installation so that
I can get into safe mode and change the Boot.ini back to
normal start

or

Get this thing to start in normal mode and continue the
repair?

 

[Taurarian]

Hi Pat,

Click Start, and then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
Type: msconfig and then click OK.
The System Configuration Utility appears. Uncheck the "/SAFEBOOT" option,
and then click OK.
You then see the prompt to restart the computer. Click Restart.

Hope this gets you out of safe mode.

You may find this article of interest:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315341
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP

 

[Pat]

Apparently, I was not clear in my post. I am cannot get
to a start button in either safe mode or Normal mode. I
turn the computer on and go through POST then get the
Windows XP is starting screen then it switches to a blue
screen that says, "Setup is restarting" then the message
box comes up and says Windows XP Setup cannot run under
Safemode. Setup will restart now. I cannot hit
CTRL+ALT+DEL and start a new task to run MSCONFIG and get
into the BOOT.INI

I read 315341 but that does not tell me how to get out of
safe mode at this point.

I CANNOT START WINDOWS.

 

[Pat]

Okay here's how toi fix that boot into repair and edit
the boot.ini file then reboot and continue.

Thank you for tring tob help.