A while ago our WinMe got stuck in safe mode and we can't get in to our computer. There's not to much left in that computer but a bunch of photographs of our little daughter. We would appreciate any help you could give us to restore the computer and get our pictures out of the computer. Thanks

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What I have been doing for a few years is boot to one of the Linux Live CD's. Then you mount the Windows Drive to see if the data is there. Most the live Cd's will be able to write Data to a CDR, or some sort of usb drive if you have one.

Puppy Linux is only about 75 megabytes, so it's small size makes a easier Download.

You could also try to just reinstall Windows over the top of itself with out Formating, but you risk losing your Data.

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Using Puppy Linux as Steve suggested would probably be better for most people, but 
what I'd probably do is boot from a DOS floppy or CD made with another computer. 
Then I'd change to an empty floppy, and use DOS commands to copy the pics to the 
floppy.

I'm assuming the pics can each fit on a floppy.

Here are the relevant DOS commands:

c:
(switches to drive "c:")

cd c:\myfolder
(go to the specified folder)

dir/p
(lists the contents of the current folder)

copy pic.jpg a:
(copies the file "pic.jpg" in the current folder to drive "a:")

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To fix your booting problem, you could try any or all of the following:

If the file "c:\windows\Wnbootng.sts" exists, delete it.
Uninstall any software that was installed around the time the problem started, if 
you can.
Run Scandisk and check for errors on your hard drive.
Run Scanreg and try restoring a registry backup. (Booted from a DOS disk.)
Use MSConfig to disable unneeded startup programs, if possible.
If you can get to the control panel, in "System", under "Device Manager," look for 
exclamation icons, which signify problems.
Search the web for 'boots only safe mode' or 'stuck in safe mode' or similar phrases 
for more possible solutions.
Reinstall Windows or another operating system.

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After powering the PC ON, press F8, or should I say tap this key lightly,as the PC is booting. A few seconds later a startup menu will the following options displays: a) Normal b) Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT) c) Safe Mode d) Step-by-Step confirmation e) Command prompt only f) Safe Mode command prompt only. Select choice a) Normal and press Enter. The computer should revert to Normal Windows settings and out of the Safe Mode.

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