re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 4:45 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by marc
(9 messages posted)
I did a search on .cab and me.cab and I came up with about 30 files for .cab and
one for me.cab and it is a readme an internet explorer file. Not sure of the other
.cabs as they are all zip files. I had actually followed this thread in another
post and had done some of the ideas. The redundant devices? I have several that
have the same wording, but I am not sure of their status or what they are for because
in safe mode that info is not available. I am not sure what I am really deleting.
As for the File/Save I am to go to I do not know what this is. Sorry. The other
items in notepad are ok. Thanks
On Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 4:04 pm, Carol wrote:
>
>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!
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>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.
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>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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