win98se won't boot except safemode, HELP

audiophan

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first off the specs:
dual boot Win XP/98SE
Giga-Byte 7zx-1 board via kt133

now the problem. i installed the newest via 4/1's first in xp, then booted to 98 and installed them there also. now win98 will only boot in safe mode. when i boot step by step the last two files that are loaded are:

viagart.vxd
msmouse.vxd

stops here no matter if i load msmouse or not. what should i do?
 

AkumaBao

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That's not good. :p Go into safe mode, and going into 'msconfig' via the "run" command. Disable your VxD's and see if that's what is causing the trouble.
 

audiophan

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didn't see anything about vxd in msconfig so i uninstalled the 4/1's and reinstalled an older version. no luck. installed all but the agp driver, didn't work. installed agp in turbo and then normal, nothing.

the newest 4/1's are installed in the xp partition, and they work. any other ideas, or specifics on disabling the vxds?
 

Basie

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Go into Dos mode and Type
C:\windows\command\scanreg/restore

Choose a version thats a few days old.
 

Tanner

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I would try NOT enabling that viagart.vxd one...I think that there was a problem w/ them back a few...and maybe U encountered it :) did U ck. VIA's website?