My computer was having problems so I set it to turn on in safe mode using msconfig in attempt to fix it. Soon after that it went into a reboot-no.option.work cycle. I had had this PROBLEM before so like before I threw in the 6 Windows boot disks and reloaded Windows XP Home from the CD.

My problem is - since I am in msconfig safe mode Windows can't load because it can't can't load in safe mode and I can't change the boot option because I can't get into Windows.

As a last ditch approach I could scrub the drive and start from scratch but then I lose all pictures (may lose them anyway) and my movie downloads and partial downloads and bookmarks.

Any suggestion for a fix in this situation?

Sandy in FL

Hello!

Try doing chkdsk /r from the windows recovery console.

Goodluck and keep us posted! I RAN the 6 boot floppies again and this time I picked R for Recovery. I did a bootcfg / list and then a bootcfg / change (or something like that) and changed safe mode to a SIMPLE fastdetect. Now Windows is completing its load. I wonder what I'll have left to work with once it gets loaded. I'm glad I have mre than one computer. THANKS for your concern.

Sandy

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I set it to turn on in safe mode using msconfig