Re: Laptop won't boot in safe mode

bornfree wrote:
Laptop won't boot in safe mode... what should I do? (Short of
reinstalling Windows XP)
It can boot with BartPE.. but I don't know what to do with it after
that point.

That depends entirely on what "won't boot" means.

If it's an unmountable boot volume BSOD, just run chkdsk from BartPE. Otherwise you'll probably need to kill services.


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John Jordan
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