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Windows XP Home not starting in /SAFEBOOT mode. Plleease help!

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pawann

Junior Member
Hi

I ran msconfig and chose the /SAFEBOOT (minimal) option under the BOOT.INI
tab. After I restart my machine, I get the initial WINDOWS XP logo screen but
after that I don't get the logon screen and the computer seems to hang. What
can I do to rollback my changes to the msconfig during the boot up process ?

Thanks
PN
 
Try an F8 during the boot process and choose "Last Known Good Configuration" (I think that's it).

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What do you mean by 'hang'? How long did you leave it alone? Even if you have to, leave it for 10mins and see if it boots into Safemode.
 
Hi

I left the PC for almost 15 mins before hard booting it again. And I tried all the options under F8 (including Last Known Good Configuration). I think because I changed the BOOT.INI and then re-started the machine, the Last Known Good Configuration will be the one with /SAFEBOOT option.

Regards
 
I think you should be able to boot with an XP CD and use the Recovery Console to change your boot.ini back to what it was before.
 
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