Hold F5 as you boot for Safe Mode. Hold CTRL or continually press F8 for
the Startup Menu. Choose "Command Line Only" for DOS.
In Safe Mode, "START, Run, Scandisk".
In DOS...
(a) Scandisk /Checkonly
Might be wise to know beforehand what it intends to fix. Will
display on screen & get written to "C:\Scandisk.log".
(b) Scandisk /Surface
Let it fix, if it didn't sound horrible. Otherwise, post what it
said.
--
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Brian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| How do i start mycomputer in safemode or so i can get the
| dos prompt to show up.
|
| or
|
| I cant get my computer to start up.
| It takes a long time to load and will not start up all
| the way. It just sits at the windows 98 screen with the
| little scrool bar at the bottom moving pixel by pixel
| across the screen.
|
| Any help would be apriciated.
|
| Thyanks
Well...
(A) What are the last few lines output in the BootLog? (But I guess
something has to be last.)
http://www.aumha.org/a/bootlog.htm Bootlog Analyzer
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q127/9/70.asp Bootlog
failures
You will need to do a logged boot, by turning on the Startup Menu at
"START, Run, MSConfig, Advanced button". Or, hold CTRL as you boot for
the Startup Menu.
(B) Can it be a problem with "Video Mode Switching" at boot?
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q118/5/79.asp
Contents of the Windows Msdos.sys File
Here is a way to edit MSDOS.sys. This is an important file.
(1) You won't even see it, unless "START, Settings, Folder Options, View
tab" is bolted "Show all files"; may as well uncheck "Hide file
extensions..." too.
(2) Find "C:\MSDOS.sys" and back it up. Call the backup MSDOS.bck, in
C:\.
(3) Then, R-Clk "C:\MSDOS.sys", Properties, and uncheck Read-Only.
(4) Open it in Notepad, &
(a) Put "Logo=0" in the [Options] section
This will suppress the logo & avoid "video mode switching".
(b) Save it & Exit Notepad
(5) Then, R-Clk MSDOS.sys again, and make it Read-Only. Reboot.
(6) Can't reboot? Then, in DOS, copy the backup over the one you've
mussed.
(a) ATTRIB -R -S -H C:\MSDOS.sys
(b) COPY C:\MSDOS.bck C:\MSDOS.sys
(c) ATTRIB +R +S +H C:\MSDOS.sys
(C) "START, Run, MSConfig" & turn off the Startup Group, Config.sys &
Autoexec.bat. (Note: when you later turn them back on, all items in it
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
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Bino" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Hey guys,
| I have run into the same problem just monday. i tried the
| step-by-step and found that it would stop at the MSCMOUSE,
| the sit for about 20 second or so then would automaticaly
| reboot the computer. I have tried reloading the mouse
| drivers and even after reloading the drivers, it still
| stops at the MSCMOUSE. I have used the information
| on "WINDOWS 98 STARTS IN SAFE MODE" and tried using
| SELECTIVE STARTUP: BOOT A or BOOT B or BOOT C. While
| troubleshooting my system it comes up properly using the
| BOOT C mode. Which is not checking "LOAD STARTUP GROUP
| ITEMS", but it does not work everytime. I do not normally
| have many things in the startup boxes checked, but for
| some reason there is double the normal now.?????????????
| I hope someone can help, I am doing everything in my power
| to not wipe the harddrive again. I just did this back in
| July of 2003. WINDOWS 98SE IS A PAIN IN THE BUTT!!!!!!!!
| >-----Original Message-----
| >On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:25:06 -0800, "Brian"
| ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| >
| >>How do i start mycomputer in safemode or so i can get
| the
| >>dos prompt to show up.
| >>
| >>or
| >>
| >>I cant get my computer to start up.
| >>It takes a long time to load and will not start up all
| >>the way. It just sits at the windows 98 screen with the
| >>little scrool bar at the bottom moving pixel by pixel
| >>across the screen.
| >>
| >>Any help would be apriciated.
| >>
| >>Thyanks
| >
| >Brian,
| >
| >When booting hold down the <ctrl> key or tap the F8 key.
| That should
| >get you to the Dos Boot Menu. Choose Windows Safe Mode or
| to get to
| >the Dos Prompt choose Command Prompt Only.
| >
| >Or boot with a Win98 Startup diskette. That gets you to
| the A:\
| >prompt and you can change to C:\ by entering C:
| >Your best bet for this is the boot menu as you will have
| a path to
| >Windows.
| >
| >Also try the Step by Step mode and see where the boot
| stops. Say yes
| >to everything. That could tell you what the problem is.
| >If you can't fix the problem post back, if the problem
| happened
| >within the last 5 days restoring a previous registry may
| help plus
| >other things.
| >
| >Regards
| >
| >Bill Watt
| >Computer Help and Information
| http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
| >E-mail address is fake to minimize spam.
| >
| >.
| >
