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Windows not letting me boot in safe mode?

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by jehfree562, 2008/01/09.

  1. 2008/01/09
    jehfree562

    jehfree562 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I need to boot in safe mode so I can take ownership of a folder, so I pressed F8, while boooting, I selected to run in safe mode, but I get a black screen that contains a bunch of jiberish(i posted pic below),it stayed like that for 3 min,so i turned it off and tried again,should I give it some more time to try and boot up?

    do u guys think the "geeksquad" over at bestbuy can fix this?

    Because I really need to get into safe mode to recover some much needed files thanks

    here the message im getting


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    Steve R Jones

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    Give it more time.
     
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    jehfree562

    jehfree562 Inactive Thread Starter

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    how much time are talking about here?


    is this normal?

    everything will be okay then?
     
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    TonyT

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    That jibberish is Windows loading generic drivers for your hardware. I've waited up to 8 minutes on systems I was repairing already. Load time depends on individual systems hardware.
     
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    jehfree562

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    okay thanks, im gunna give it a try now,


    out of curiosity, since i did turn it off in a abrubt way because i thought my system locked, that wouldnt mess anything up will it?
     
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    TonyT

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    No, that type of shutoff would only force booting in safe mode.
     
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