Guest boot.ini settings Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 i changed the boot.ini to start in safe mode and restarted machine. I dont see windows logo loading instead its asking me whether it needs to start in safe mode or safe mode with command prompt or start with last good configuration. If i select either one.. i am getting blank page.... its not showing windows start menu.. nothing.. its just blank.... can one of you please help? i have windows xp home edition...
Guest John Barnett MVP Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Re: boot.ini If it is asking you to start in Safe Mode then do so and then change the boot.ini options back. In safe mode click the start button then click Run. In the run dialogue box type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) and press OK. When msconfig window opens, click the Boot tab and remove the 'tick' mark next to the 'safe mode' option and then click OK. Now restart your PC and you should be back to normal. All you really have to do is trace your steps backward whatever you did when you edited the boot.ini file just go back in safe mode and undo it. -- -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurferguide.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "boot.ini settings" <boot.ini settings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:15B697A5-FC20-4C02-8229-80852C2BDFBB@microsoft.com... > i changed the boot.ini to start in safe mode and restarted machine. I dont > see windows logo loading instead its asking me whether it needs to start > in > safe mode or safe mode with command prompt or start with last good > configuration. If i select either one.. i am getting blank page.... its > not > showing windows start menu.. nothing.. its just blank.... can one of you > please help? i have windows xp home edition...
Guest boot.ini settings Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Re: boot.ini John - Thanks for your reply. When i say safe mode i can see Windows loading and it goes to black blank screen in 2 sec.. it just hung there ...it is not taking me to desktop at all to change startup setting from command prompt... "John Barnett MVP" wrote: > If it is asking you to start in Safe Mode then do so and then change the > boot.ini options back. In safe mode click the start button then click Run. > In the run dialogue box type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) and press OK. > When msconfig window opens, click the Boot tab and remove the 'tick' mark > next to the 'safe mode' option and then click OK. Now restart your PC and > you should be back to normal. > > All you really have to do is trace your steps backward whatever you did when > you edited the boot.ini file just go back in safe mode and undo it. > > -- > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Associate Expert > Windows Desktop Experience > > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > Web: http://www.silversurferguide.org > > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for > any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the > use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this > mail/post.. > > > "boot.ini settings" <boot.ini settings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:15B697A5-FC20-4C02-8229-80852C2BDFBB@microsoft.com... > > i changed the boot.ini to start in safe mode and restarted machine. I dont > > see windows logo loading instead its asking me whether it needs to start > > in > > safe mode or safe mode with command prompt or start with last good > > configuration. If i select either one.. i am getting blank page.... its > > not > > showing windows start menu.. nothing.. its just blank.... can one of you > > please help? i have windows xp home edition... > >
Guest Alec S. Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Re: boot.ini boot.ini settings wrote (in news:A0AF9340-D08B-40AE-8FCD-D2AED0233A12@microsoft.com): > John - Thanks for your reply. When i say safe mode i can see Windows loading > and it goes to black blank screen in 2 sec.. it just hung there ...it is not > taking me to desktop at all to change startup setting from command prompt... Wait. Wait, then wait some more. Safe mode does not load a lot of the drivers that allow your system to run fast. As a result, Safe Mode tends to boot much slower than normal mode. I have seen Windows booting into Safe Mode take so long that I figured it had hung, but it turned out that it was not, and just needed more patience. Next time you try to boot into safe mode and think that it has hung, look at the hard-drive light (the red one). Is it on or blinking? If it is not on, then Windows has hung, if it is on, then Windows is processing and you just need to wait for Safe Mode to start up. -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net
Guest John Barnett MVP Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: boot.ini You click on safe mode and then you should see the screen scroll quickly as various drivers are loaded. If you can see this safe mode is loading. However, I have to agree with Alec safe mode doesn't load particularly fast so give it some time. If it is going to hang it usually does so when loading drivers and you will see the list of drivers scrolling up the screen, so if it crashes (hangs) it will stop at at particular driver that it cannot load. If you still can't access safe mode then you might consider a 'repair install' (see this link from my website: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_my_windows_xp_in.htm ) This, of course, is assuming you have a full copy of the XP CD. If you only have a manufacturer's recovery disc then you may have to resort to a complete install, in which case you will loose all your data, so I hope you have backups of all your important data? -- -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurferguide.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "boot.ini settings" <bootinisettings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A0AF9340-D08B-40AE-8FCD-D2AED0233A12@microsoft.com... > John - Thanks for your reply. When i say safe mode i can see Windows > loading > and it goes to black blank screen in 2 sec.. it just hung there ...it is > not > taking me to desktop at all to change startup setting from command > prompt... > > "John Barnett MVP" wrote: > >> If it is asking you to start in Safe Mode then do so and then change the >> boot.ini options back. In safe mode click the start button then click >> Run. >> In the run dialogue box type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) and press >> OK. >> When msconfig window opens, click the Boot tab and remove the 'tick' mark >> next to the 'safe mode' option and then click OK. Now restart your PC and >> you should be back to normal. >> >> All you really have to do is trace your steps backward whatever you did >> when >> you edited the boot.ini file just go back in safe mode and undo it. >> >> -- >> >> -- >> John Barnett MVP >> Associate Expert >> Windows Desktop Experience >> >> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org >> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org >> Web: http://www.silversurferguide.org >> >> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any >> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, >> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable >> for >> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of >> the >> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this >> mail/post.. >> >> >> "boot.ini settings" <boot.ini settings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote >> in >> message news:15B697A5-FC20-4C02-8229-80852C2BDFBB@microsoft.com... >> > i changed the boot.ini to start in safe mode and restarted machine. I >> > dont >> > see windows logo loading instead its asking me whether it needs to >> > start >> > in >> > safe mode or safe mode with command prompt or start with last good >> > configuration. If i select either one.. i am getting blank page.... its >> > not >> > showing windows start menu.. nothing.. its just blank.... can one of >> > you >> > please help? i have windows xp home edition... >> >>
Guest boot.ini settings Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: boot.ini Once i turn computer on manually it shows me options to select safe mode/safe mode with command prompt/last saved good configuration. If i select either one it loads all drivers and hangs at mup.sys and then i get black blank page. I left that way for more than 3 hours and nothing happened. Unfortunately i didnt take backup of my valuable documents. Is there any way I get copy of my doc in my disk. "John Barnett MVP" wrote: > You click on safe mode and then you should see the screen scroll quickly as > various drivers are loaded. If you can see this safe mode is loading. > However, I have to agree with Alec safe mode doesn't load particularly fast > so give it some time. If it is going to hang it usually does so when loading > drivers and you will see the list of drivers scrolling up the screen, so if > it crashes (hangs) it will stop at at particular driver that it cannot load. > > If you still can't access safe mode then you might consider a 'repair > install' (see this link from my website: > http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_my_windows_xp_in.htm ) > This, of course, is assuming you have a full copy of the XP CD. If you only > have a manufacturer's recovery disc then you may have to resort to a > complete install, in which case you will loose all your data, so I hope you > have backups of all your important data? > > -- > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Associate Expert > Windows Desktop Experience > > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > Web: http://www.silversurferguide.org > > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for > any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the > use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this > mail/post.. > > > "boot.ini settings" <bootinisettings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:A0AF9340-D08B-40AE-8FCD-D2AED0233A12@microsoft.com... > > John - Thanks for your reply. When i say safe mode i can see Windows > > loading > > and it goes to black blank screen in 2 sec.. it just hung there ...it is > > not > > taking me to desktop at all to change startup setting from command > > prompt... > > > > "John Barnett MVP" wrote: > > > >> If it is asking you to start in Safe Mode then do so and then change the > >> boot.ini options back. In safe mode click the start button then click > >> Run. > >> In the run dialogue box type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) and press > >> OK. > >> When msconfig window opens, click the Boot tab and remove the 'tick' mark > >> next to the 'safe mode' option and then click OK. Now restart your PC and > >> you should be back to normal. > >> > >> All you really have to do is trace your steps backward whatever you did > >> when > >> you edited the boot.ini file just go back in safe mode and undo it. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> -- > >> John Barnett MVP > >> Associate Expert > >> Windows Desktop Experience > >> > >> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > >> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > >> Web: http://www.silversurferguide.org > >> > >> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > >> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > >> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable > >> for > >> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of > >> the > >> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this > >> mail/post.. > >> > >> > >> "boot.ini settings" <boot.ini settings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > >> in > >> message news:15B697A5-FC20-4C02-8229-80852C2BDFBB@microsoft.com... > >> > i changed the boot.ini to start in safe mode and restarted machine. I > >> > dont > >> > see windows logo loading instead its asking me whether it needs to > >> > start > >> > in > >> > safe mode or safe mode with command prompt or start with last good > >> > configuration. If i select either one.. i am getting blank page.... its > >> > not > >> > showing windows start menu.. nothing.. its just blank.... can one of > >> > you > >> > please help? i have windows xp home edition... > >> > >> >
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