Guest Len (Baldock) Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Hi Can start with F8 and partially get into Safe Mode. I can select the Administrator, or other user names, but then just get the header and footer telling me I am in safe mode but no desktop picture or icons appear and the Start button does not produce any response. The HDD talks for a while with flashing lights but after 2 minutes that stops and then waiting upwards of 10 minutes still does not produce. There is a very quick (1 sec) message about being in Safe Mode with a Y/N question but selecting either still produces no response. Tried several times all with no result the only way out is to use Cntr Alt Del and telling the PC to shut down. Has anybody got any ideas? System is Win XP SP2 - 512mb RAM Thanks in advance
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Safe Mode Freezes http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Len (Baldock)" <LenBaldock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1A1F18B9-0095-4030-BBE2-3D4B55CE8C38@microsoft.com... > Hi > Can start with F8 and partially get into Safe Mode. > I can select the Administrator, or other user names, but then just get the > header and footer telling me I am in safe mode but no desktop picture or > icons appear and the Start button does not produce any response. > The HDD talks for a while with flashing lights but after 2 minutes that > stops and then waiting upwards of 10 minutes still does not produce. > There is a very quick (1 sec) message about being in Safe Mode with a Y/N > question but selecting either still produces no response. > Tried several times all with no result the only way out is to use Cntr Alt > Del and telling the PC to shut down. > Has anybody got any ideas? > System is Win XP SP2 - 512mb RAM > Thanks in advance > >
Guest Daave Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Safe Mode Freezes Len (Baldock) wrote: > Hi > Can start with F8 and partially get into Safe Mode. > I can select the Administrator, or other user names, but then just > get the header and footer telling me I am in safe mode but no desktop > picture or icons appear and the Start button does not produce any > response. > The HDD talks for a while with flashing lights but after 2 minutes > that stops and then waiting upwards of 10 minutes still does not > produce. There is a very quick (1 sec) message about being in Safe > Mode with a Y/N question but selecting either still produces no > response. > Tried several times all with no result the only way out is to use > Cntr Alt Del and telling the PC to shut down. > Has anybody got any ideas? > System is Win XP SP2 - 512mb RAM > Thanks in advance After hitting F8, instead of selecting Safe Mode, can you instead select Last Known Good Configuration? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307852
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