Re: BAT file to re-start in Safe Mode...?

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:57:23 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<I.can@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


The file c:\boot.ini is a hidden file. You must unhide it and remove its
read-only attribute before you can run my batch file. And no, don't believe
your search results. The file DOES exist in the root folder of drive C:. If
you cannot get Windows Explorer to show you where it is, use the
administrator's method: Open a Command Prompt (see my previous reply), then
type this command:

attrib -r -h -s c:\boot.ini {Enter}


Hi again Pegasus,

Well, it appears that we are almost there...

I have run the attrib, and now the bat file is working
properly in the sense that it modifies the boot.ini in the
intended ways.

If I run MyBoot.bat, and then manually re-boot the box, it
comes up in safe mode. If I then run MyBoot.bat again, and
re-boot, it comes up in normal mode.

But, when I attempt to run the shortcut to start the whole
process, I see only a very brief flash of a command screen
and nothing further happens, that is, there is no reboot.

Here is everything I have at this point:






On my desktop, I have a shortcut pointing to:

C:\WINDOWS\MyBoot.bat safe:network




MyBoot.bat is:

@echo off
if /i "%1"=="Safe" (
copy /y c:\boot.SAFE c:\boot.ini
shutdown /.. /..
) else (
copy /y c:\boot.NORM c:\boot.ini
)



boot.SAFE is:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
/safeboot:network




boot.NORM is:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect



and I have a scheduled task that runs MyBoot.bat at startup.


I saw that in Myboot.bat the criterion is "Safe" but I am
attempting to run "Safe:Network." I tried switching it, but
still had the same result: brief flash, but no reboot.

Many thanks as before,
--
Kenneth

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