Claude Hopper said:Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machine
as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore.
Claude Hopper said:I didn't get recovery disks, had to make my own. And you can only do it
once.
'Richie Hardwick[_2_ said:;761895']Claude Hopper (e-mail address removed) wrote:
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Sterling1 wrote:-
I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can onl
get
it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to a
earlier
date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try
without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you!
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Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machin
as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complet
restore.-
No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all.
But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that.
Richie Hardwick
'Richie Hardwick[_2_ said:;761895']Claude Hopper (e-mail address removed) wrote: -
Sterling1 wrote:-
I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only
get
it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier
date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try
without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you!
-
Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machine
as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore.-
No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all.
But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that.
Richie Hardwick
I have the Dell reinstallation DVD. Will I lose everything if I do
this?
I do not have any recovery disks. I did not add any new hardware. I
deleted adobe reader and reinstalled the adobe reader. After that, vista
only works in safe mode.
Sterling1 wrote:
Vista only works in safe mode
13-Dec-08
I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get
it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier
date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try
without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you!
--
Sterling1
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Vista only works in safe mode
I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get
it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier
date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try
without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you!
--
Sterling1
That would generally imply that you installed some hardware or updated a
That would generally imply that you installed some hardware or updated a
driver. Remove the driver. The easiest place to do that is in Device
Manager.
Re: Vista only works in safe mode
Sterling1 wrote:
Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machine
as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore.
Re: Vista only works in safe mode
No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all.
But it looks as if the OP does not want to do that.
Richie Hardwick
Re: Vista only works in safe mode
Richie Hardwick wrote:
I did not get recovery disks, had to make my own. And you can only do it
once.
Re: Vista only works in safe mode
You can do it 100 times if you like. You only get the PROMPT to do it
once.
Richie Hardwick
Re: Vista only works in safe mode
'Richie Hardwick[_2_ Wrote:
I have the Dell reinstallation DVD. Will I lose everything if I do
this?
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Sterling1
Re: Vista only works in safe mode
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:13:32 +0000, Sterling1 wrote:
Yes...you will lose everything and end up with "clean install".
Before you reinstall...save any of your personal files to a backup medium.
You don't need to backup programs that you have disk for, you will need
to re-install them anyway.
If you downloaded any programs...keep a copy of the .exe if you
want...otherwise make sure you can re-download it.
Backup emails if you want to keep any.
Backup any saved data files.
You will also have to re-install drivers.
Some may be on the Dell disk (may even be a seperate disk for drivers).
Any drivers you got from a manufacturers site will need to be downloaded
again ( I always save the latest drivers to a thumb drive).
If in doubt...save it.
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