Re: XP Boot Problem
- From: "Gary S. Terhune" <none>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:14:11 -0700
Only confusion is on Unknown's part, and somewhat on yours. If you'll boot
to Safe Mode and log on, you'll find that you do, indeed, next get a prompt
to run System Restore. At least, I do, on a home-built XP SP3 system, fully
updated.
System Restore cannot be run from a Command Prompt if that Command Prompt is
the Recovery Console that is started via an XP installation CD. Nor do I
believe it can be run from any bootable flash or CD or whatever. (And,
believe me, I'd love it if this were not the case.)
And, as noted numerous times, the OP can't choose ANY of the options offered
in the F8 menu, which means System Restore is simply not an option in this
case unless the user figures out a way into one mode or another.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com
"AJR" <ajrjdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some confusion (lots) here - Safe Mode does not offer a System Restore
option - some OEMs modify the response to F8 to include a System Restore
option prior to Safe Mode - some also offer the option to only reinstall
the OS rather than a full "factory" restore.
System Restore can be run from a command prompt.
"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, I know what you mean and where you are at when you are presented with
that option. As far as I know the F8 menu has no mouse clicks available,
but after you use the arrow key and select Safe Mode, just when Safe Mode
starts it asks you if you want to do a System Restore instead of
continuing in Safe Mode, there you can use the mouse and click on the
System Restore option. Nonetheless, at that point Safe Mode *is*
started, to do a System Restore you have to be boot to Windows in one
form or other, be it one of the Safe Mode options or a Normal boot, if
you cannot start Windows in any form you cannot perform a System Restore.
John
Unknown wrote:
That simply is not so. It very well may be an OEM screen. However, just
a week ago I had a problem booting up
and clicked 'safe mode'. (I can do it again). A screen come up with a
message to click yes if I want to start safe mode
or click no if I want to do a system restore. I click system restore and
then choose the date I want to go back to and
a system restore is performed. NOT a factory restore.
"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There are no mouse clicks available at the F8 menu. You are probably at
an OEM utility screen when you see this and you are probably being
offered to do a factory restore. To do a Windows System Restore, you
have to be able to boot to a form of Windows, if you cannot boot to any
of the F8 options then you cannot perform a System Restore.
John
Unknown wrote:
I am not arguing, I'm stating a fact. Perhaps our computers are
different.
When I click to select safe mode I get a window with a message stating
the computer will
start up in safe mode if I click yes. If I click no it will do a system
restore.
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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If you're going to argue, at least make an attempt to verify your
data, provide a step-by-step to repeat your scenario. You're talking
about the options presented by the Start Menu that you get to using
F8? There's a LOT more options than just four, and the OP clearly
states that NONE of the options on that list work, period. But no
System Restore startup command is on that list, in any case.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com
"Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not so! There is a forth option among the three you mentioned. It is
to do
a system restore. You get there by clicking (I think) safe mode, but
after
the screen changes you choose system restore instead.
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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Quote: "I have a problem where I can not boot my PC. It keeps coming
up
with the
screen that shows how you want to boot. Normal, Safe mode, Last
good,
etc.
Done of those options work. "
"Done" in that last line, is a typo for "None". "None of those
options
work."
That leaves booting to the Repair Console (on an installation CD.)
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com
"Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In one of the options, normal, safe mode or last good SR can be
selected
and run.
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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Gotta be able to get into the system in order to run SR. OP
started out
by stating that system cannot be accessed via any mode (except, I
suppose, the Restore Console using an installation CD, but you
can't do
a SR from there.)
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com
"Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have you tried a restore?
"rick s" <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a problem where I can not boot my PC. It keeps coming up
with
the
screen that shows how you want to boot. Normal, Safe mode, Last
good,etc.
Done of those options work. I took the hard drive out and put it
in
my other
PC as a slave. When I boot my other PC it wants to run chkdsk on
the
other
hard drive. When I let it run it gets thru the first section ok
then
it
starts the second it comes out with the following message over
and
over
again.
Inserting an index entry into index $0 of file 32.
It never stops.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Rick
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