[Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

I thought a floopy was a thing of the past!

This all started after helping a friend update his computer running Win XP, Went to get the latest updates from MS and got them and figured out the hard way that they he had not updated his computer in a long time!

I did some reading and found out that the updates were good but something with the Bios was outdated.

Thanks,
Brian
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Loren Moline WA7SKT 
  To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:48 PM
  Subject: RE: [Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode


  Brian,
   
  When you boot with a floppy you don't need videp drivers unles the computer is unuaual. The video is controlled by the bios until such time drivers are veede which would be when running XP.
   
  What started all this?

   
  Loren   WA7SKT

   
  Member: ARRL and Pacific Northwest VHF Society
  Member: Hearsat Satellite Monitoring Group
  Location: CN86cx                                                                                        
                            
                                   










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  From: ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net
  To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
  Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode
  Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:41:18 -0500



  Well I don't have that, would that do the trick?


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Loren Moline WA7SKT 
    To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net 
    Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:34 PM
    Subject: RE: [Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode


    Brian,
     
    Won't your computer boot with a floppy?

     
    Loren   WA7SKT

     
    Member: ARRL and Pacific Northwest VHF Society
    Member: Hearsat Satellite Monitoring Group
    Location: CN86cx                                                                                        
                              
                                     








    > From: ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net
    > To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
    > Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode 
    > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:23:47 -0500
    > 
    > Wished that helped still won't boot into safe mode!
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Dan Violette" <danki6x at earthlink.net>
    > To: "'Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
    > experimenting'" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
    > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:56 PM
    > Subject: RE: [Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode
    > 
    > 
    > > Hold "F8" key while PC boots and you will get the menu. Dan, KI6X
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net
    > > [mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian K. 
    > > Gaskamp
    > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:44 AM
    > > To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
    > > Subject: [Ham-Computers] Booting into safe mode
    > >
    > > Hey everybody need some help.
    > >
    > > How can I get a computer running Win XP to boot into safe mode when it 
    > > wont.
    > > Its telling me a video driver went bad.
    > >
    > > No matter what I do I get a blue screen with that message about the video
    > > driver.
    > >
    > > Any suggestions.
    > >
    > > I guess once I get it to boot then I can change some settings in the video
    > > area to at least get it to boot in either safe mode or normally.
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Brian
    > >
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