Re: XP won't start, can't access Safe Mode
- From: "Keith W" <invalidaddress@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:43:40 +0100
Don't know about your main problem but to access the CD on bootup you may
first have to get into the BIOS and set the first boot device to the CD.
Most machines need you to press the Del key during initial boot to get to
the BIOS although some use F10 or other keys, hopefully it will tell you on
screen during start up.
--
Keith W
Sunbury on Thames
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)
"howdego" <howdego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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More info,
I just tried to start the laptop using the OS CD that came with the
computer, but the system is not accessing it. I assumed i could use it to
access the hard disk.
"Howdego" wrote:
Due to my own negligence, I think, I requested a download of XP, SP3 at
the
same time I asked for an update to the Microsoft software update program.
Somewhere during the install process (I had walked away), my Dell E1505
Laptop crashed. I found a message that a "problem has been detected,
Windows
has shut down and I should restart in Safe Mode" to clean out the
programs
I just added. After this restart failed from the message page, I tried
to
restart using the F8 command, selecting Safe Mode, XP Media Center OS.
The
response is a list of about 30 file paths like
"multi(0)disk(0)partition(2).etc". After about 30 seconds, the screen
changes to the original notice that a problem has been detected and to
restart in Safe Mode. At the bottom of the page is more data, like "stop
0X00000007E (..). I tried restarting several times. Once selecting the
option "pick last known good configuration. Same circle of pages begins.
So, does anyone know if I can fix this problem? I don't know if I have
the
DELL PC restore partition on my laptop. I understand I could clean the
hard
disk and reinstall the initial key software if it is there. How can I
find
out? Can I bring up Safe Mode in another way? Might I use the startup
disk
that came with the computer? Might I have to erase my hard disk and
start
again or just take out the recently offending software?? If so, is there
an
instruction as to how to do this?
Sorry for the long explanation. In 15 years of computer use, this is the
first time I have run into a wall like this. Fortunately, I did back up
my
data before performing the update.
.
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