Tomk_ Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 That is part of the instructions to add a line for safeboot as we already did and you show in post #43 above. If you were to click on the second to last line... the safeboot box would be available (not greyed out) but you would need to change it back in order to boot into regular mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftydrummrr Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) Should I try it? I'm concerned I wouldn't get back out of safemode. Edited October 9, 2012 by leftydrummrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk_ Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Sure. Give it a try. In order to get back to normal mode... you will have to go back in to MSCONFIG and uncheck safeboot. You will also need to make sure normal startup is checked on the general tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftydrummrr Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 No luck. I clicked the second to last line,checked the safeboot box,and clicked ok.It restarted normally.Went back to boot.ini and the boxes are greyed out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk_ Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 You could try doing a repair install and see if it fixes the problem. Here are some instructions to follow: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operatingsystems/ss/instxprepair1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftydrummrr Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) I have a reinstallation cd. Is that a boot cd? Edited October 9, 2012 by leftydrummrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk_ Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Is it a Microsoft CD or one from the computer manufacturer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftydrummrr Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Sorry,its from Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk_ Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Unfortunately... the Dell CD can be used to reformat and reinstall... but won't do a repair install. If you have any friends with a XP pro (preferably sp3) disk, you can use it. If you can borrow an XP pro disk that isn't sp3, it will work also but you will have more updates to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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