Re: Cant get to Safe Mode

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That does not help - currently on black screen - am unable to get to the safe
mode - F2 does not do it - nor F2 4x when i reset

"Don Schmidt" wrote:

In case you can't get the directions from Start, Help;

To start the computer in safe mode
1.. You should print these instructions before continuing. They will not
be available after you shut your computer down in step 2.
2.. Click Start, click Shut Down, and then, in the drop-down list, click
Shut down.
3.. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Restart, and then click OK.
4.. When you see the message Please select the operating system to start,
press F8.
5.. Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode option, and
then press ENTER.
6.. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the
installation that you need to access using the arrow keys, and then press
ENTER.
Hope this helps.


Don
Vancouver, USA




"cleper" <cleper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B76F63E2-6118-414D-807F-66BCD464A15B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and destroyed the
motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was installed - and of course it
came with a cd - and i had realtek speakers/media - so i loaded the
realtek
devises - well windows had an update to the realtek driver that i
downloaded
- - realtek rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet controller. This driver is not
allowing me to get to windows - I am unable to get to safemode to
uninstall
the driver - it wants a boot system -cdI so how do i bypass this boot?

I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - the
place
i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp home edition -
and
gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business is now gone.

And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and before i
downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - but unable to do
a
restore.

currently, the sceen shows
(intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082
for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14
c0402091
pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe rom reboot and
select proper reboot device or boot media device and press a )
any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, but none
of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants her computer
back.



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