re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 4:04 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(33640 messages posted)
If you have an OEM install, you should have the ME CAB install files on your hard
drive. I don't recall the location in WinME, but you could do a search using Find
for *.cab and see whether there's a large directory with cab files in. You can repair/reinstall
your OS that way. I don't think you want to format your hard drive and lose all data!
If you're locked in Safe Mode.....
Try the following:
Open Device Manager - Check through the devices for any duplication/ redundant/broken
devices. If there are any, delete ALL instances of that device.
If it's a device you need, reinstall the driver. Reboot.
Choose Start > Settings > Folder Options.
Click the View tab in the Folder Options dialog box.
Click Show All Files and click OK.
Now go to Start/run, and type: Notepad /msdos.sys (there's a space after 'notepad'!)
This behavior can occur if the [Options] section of the Msdos.sys file contains the
following line: BootSafe=1
If it's there, remove it.
Is there a line 'BootMenuDefault=4', change the '4' into a '1'
If you see an entry 'Bootgui', its value should be '=1' also.
Go to File/Save, and close Msdos.sys. If the properties are set to 'read only', you
won't be able to save your changes, and in that case you should uncheck that box.
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