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Mart had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Are you sure that it is in Safe Mode? It *may* just be the wrong
screen resolution which looks like Safe Mode.

Does it say 'Safe Mode' in each corner of the display?

If you are sure that it really is in Safe Mode, what happens when you
shut-down and re-boot?

Does it automatically run Scandisk?
Does it then attempt to start in Normal Mode?

Have you got the 'Enable Startup Menu' box set in msconfig? Run
msconfig.exe and on the General tab, select Advanced and uncheck the
'Enable Startup Menu' box.

Mart

I love it when people do that to me. Thank you. No, really. Thank you. You
made me think outside of the box for a moment. You get so used to answering
the same questions day after day and only getting to research once in a
while so I never even thought about that aspect. I find that, even in the
9x/ME groups, I learn far more than I give. I, for one, appreciate a good
post and tend to make it a point to actually tell the author when I see one.
This one was so far outside of the "typical" responses that it made me think
of a specific person who's almost always making me think along new lines.
Anyhow, thanks again.

Galen
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Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.