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Luvian · 03-14-2003, 07:08 PM

Ok, tomorrow I need to go help a girl I mept(spelling?) the other day fix her computer, she say windows won't start.

Here is my problem. I probably will have to use a system disk and then reformat, and reinstall everything, but I would really like to avoid that. I remember a long time ago I knew of a way to start windows in safe mode. I think you needed to hold one of the Function key on the keyboard when windows was booting, but I don't remember which one it was, and when exactly I needed to push it. It's on Windows 98, btw.

I know I could reboot the computer multiple time, not letting it boot fully, until I get the message "Windows was not able to boot successfully the last 3 times, what do you want to do..." But the problem is that I'm not to sure either when is the exact time to reboot. I would rather not spend 10 mins rebooting her computer and looking like an idiot.

So anyway, can anyone help me with that. I would like to boot windows in safe mode and look in the registry and in msconfig for viruses or other bugs.

I would be very happy if someone could help me with that.

03-14-2003, 07:08 PM	#1
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 44 Posts: 6,763	Ok, tomorrow I need to go help a girl I mept(spelling?) the other day fix her computer, she say windows won't start. Here is my problem. I probably will have to use a system disk and then reformat, and reinstall everything, but I would really like to avoid that. I remember a long time ago I knew of a way to start windows in safe mode. I think you needed to hold one of the Function key on the keyboard when windows was booting, but I don't remember which one it was, and when exactly I needed to push it. It's on Windows 98, btw. I know I could reboot the computer multiple time, not letting it boot fully, until I get the message "Windows was not able to boot successfully the last 3 times, what do you want to do..." But the problem is that I'm not to sure either when is the exact time to reboot. I would rather not spend 10 mins rebooting her computer and looking like an idiot. So anyway, can anyone help me with that. I would like to boot windows in safe mode and look in the registry and in msconfig for viruses or other bugs. I would be very happy if someone could help me with that. __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...