Windows won't start in safe mode; normal mode OK

[Brandon Taylor]

I have a peculiar problem when trying to start Windows in safe mode after a system hang. It will load all the Windows files, and it wants to start the computer in safe mode, but it never gets there. It's stuck on the "Loading Windows Files" screen for several minutes -- and then the computer simply reboots and starts Windows into normal mode, which works correctly. But what if I am to encounter a problem where the computer would not start in safe mode when normal mode stops working -- that is to say, my normal mode Windows goes bad, and I have no choice but to start Windows in safe mode, but when trying to go to safe mode, the computer just restarts into a bad normal mode? THEN my Windows OS would be pretty much dead, and I'd have to start over from the factory image on the recovery partition.

Rather than being reactive, I want to take a proactive approach and see about repairing safe mode in Windows so that it works correctly in case my normal mode goes bad. What steps do you suggest I take in order to go about repairing safe mode?

Brandon Taylor

[Wahid Salah]

First of all, try to boot into safe mood without having any problem
because windows may fix an error and then restarts normally. I would
guess you have windows 7. Like other windows software when you boot
your machine keep pressing F8 so you boot into Windows startup menu to
select Safe mode.
If it boots normally. Then you. Have no problem.
Other than that you may want to do a fix or repair installation from
the windows DVD if you have it. Another aprouch I'd to make a backup
right now on a DVD so you won't be lost ever.

[David Oram]

Hi Buddy,
If you have a boot disc you can place it in your CD drive or floppy drive and modify your configuration settings to boot from that. I expect this helps.


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