Safe Mode Booting

[Guest]

To get rid of a virus I setup my system to boot directly into safe mode. Well for some reason while booting into safe mode it freezes and restarts to a screen for me to select to start normally or into safe mode. If i chooses safe mode it just repeats and goes back to the same screen. If i choose start normally it tries to start in safe mode since that is what what i selected in msconfig andreturns me to the same screen. I cannot seem get out of this cycle. Any help as to what i could do will be appreciated.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Tried the last known good configuration yet?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

To get rid of a virus I setup my system to boot directly into safe mode.

Well for some reason while booting into safe mode it freezes and restarts to
a screen for me to select to start normally or into safe mode. If i chooses
safe mode it just repeats and goes back to the same screen. If i choose
start normally it tries to start in safe mode since that is what what i
selected in msconfig andreturns me to the same screen. I cannot seem get out
of this cycle. Any help as to what i could do will be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Yes, i have. But prior to setting my config i turned off system restore as directed to get rid of the virus. so when i try that option nothing happens because all my restore points were deleted.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Josh,

Change your settings here:

Go to Start/Run/Msconfig. Boot.Ini and un-check /SafeBoot. Apply/Ok,
reboot.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Josh,

System Restore has nothing to do with the last known good config option. The
problem you have now is that boot.ini is appended with safeboot /minimal. If
you have a regular WinXP CD, you can load the Recovery Console and rebuild
it (bootcfg /rebuild).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Yes, i have. But prior to setting my config i turned off system restore as

directed to get rid of the virus. so when i try that option nothing happens
because all my restore points were deleted.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Um Kelly, he can't get to normal or safe mode to do that. Josh'll have to
rebuild boot.ini to remove the /safeboot option from the Recovery Console.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Alex Nichol]

Um Kelly, he can't get to normal or safe mode to do that. Josh'll have to
rebuild boot.ini to remove the /safeboot option from the Recovery Console.

Or get the free EDITBINI from the free downloads at www.bootitng.com ,
put it on a DOS boot floppy, boot and run that, to edit boot.ini and
delete the /safeboot:. . . manually leaving just /fastdetect. This may
be necessary if this is an OEM Restore CD that does not provide for
booting to the repair option

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Alex,

Good idea. Have you tried the "type" command for editing boot.ini in the RC?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Alex Nichol]

Good idea. Have you tried the "type" command for editing boot.ini in the RC?

AFAIK Type does not provide for editing, it is only a viewer. And RC
for some reason does not include EDIT