Unable to Boot into Safe Mode

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Doug P

I discovered a possible problem with my Win XP Pro after
multiple unsucessful attempts to reinstall a nVidia MX440
AGP card which previously worked on the same motherboard.
I could never get the system to boot with a generic
standard VGA adapter in order to complete the
installation after uninstalling the SiS drivers.

So I tried going into Safe Mode upon which the screen
appears to be properly loading multiple .sys files, stops
at mup.sys while the HD continues to chatter for several
secs, and then abruptly stops, reboots and goes on to
load XP normally (with the original SiS drivers). This
recurs every time I attempt to go into Safe Mode with the
F8 key.

Can anyone explain what may be preventing the system from
booting into Safe Mode?
 
R

Rich Barry

Doug, try it this way
Go to Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini and check off /SafeBoot/Apply, reboot
 
G

Guest

Sorry, but I tried this and was unable to even boot the
system into normal mode. I had to revert to my backup
boot.ini in order to get the system running again and then
perform a Repair installation of Win XP which resolved the
problem. Thanks.
 

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