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Problems Booting
I am having problems booting. I can boot up in safe mode, but when I
try to boot to normal mode i get the windows screen then it goes blank and just a flashing cursor. I have not anything new to the PC. |
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Problems Booting
The Computer Always Starts in Safe Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q306615 Windows 98 or Windows 95 Defaults to Safe Mode Even After Successful Start http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q143283 Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q188867 How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q192926 Also read "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it" by MS MVP Gary Terhune http://www.google.com/groups?selm=%2...GP11.phx.gb l -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Bob" wrote in message om... I am having problems booting. I can boot up in safe mode, but when I try to boot to normal mode i get the windows screen then it goes blank and just a flashing cursor. I have not anything new to the PC. |
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Problems Booting
"START, Run, MSConfig" & turn off the Startup Group, Config.sys &
Autoexec.bat. (Note: when you later turn them back on, all items in them will get checked. So, note what may be unchecked first.) Can you boot to Normal Mode now? If so, there is some troubleshooting to do, using MSConfig... http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281965 How to Troubleshoot Using the Msconfig Utility with Windows 98 (281965) - This article describes how to use the Microsoft System Configuration (Msconfig) utility to troubleshoot configuration errors in Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition. BUT BE CAREFUL-- better not disable System.ini & Win.ini, because that can be trouble. Well, if you are sure of your Registry backups, actually those two can be recovered this way... (a) Boot to DOS. (Hold Ctrl for the Startup Menu, & select "Command Prompt Only".) (b) Scanreg /Restore (c) Ctrl-Alt Del to Windows. It will offer five dates. Choose the one of the last successful boot, to start. These backups are done at boot, not at shut down. This should be safe to do, if you haven't done anything to files in the mean time. This will not restore files other than those .ini's & the Registry. It only restores settings. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Bob" wrote in message om... | I am having problems booting. I can boot up in safe mode, but when I | try to boot to normal mode i get the windows screen then it goes blank | and just a flashing cursor. I have not anything new to the PC. |
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Problems Booting
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Blinking cursor"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase; does come up with over a page full. Especially if you really are resuming from Standby, better go look. Here is one that does not mention Standby... http://support.microsoft.com/default...64&Product=w98 No SCSI CD-ROM Drive After Windows 98 Setup Restarts Computer (189464) - When Windows 98 Setup restarts your computer for the first time, Setup may be unable to gain access to your Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) CD-ROM drive, and you may receive error messages stating that files cannot be found. The file names vary... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Bob" wrote in message om... | I am having problems booting. I can boot up in safe mode, but when I | try to boot to normal mode i get the windows screen then it goes blank | and just a flashing cursor. I have not anything new to the PC. |
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