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12-13-2008
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| | Vista only works in safe mode I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! -- Sterling1 |
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12-13-2008
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| | Re: Vista only works in safe mode That would generally imply that you installed some hardware or updated a driver. Remove the driver. The easiest place to do that is in Device Manager. "Sterling1" <Sterling1.389eb33@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Sterling1.389eb33@xxxxxx Quote: > > I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get > it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier > date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try > without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! > > > > > -- > Sterling1 |
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12-13-2008
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| | Re: Vista only works in safe mode Claude Hopper <boobooililililil@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Sterling1 wrote: Quote: >> I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get >> it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier >> date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try >> without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! >> >> >> >> >as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore. But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that. Richie Hardwick |
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12-14-2008
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| | Re: Vista only works in safe mode Richie Hardwick wrote: Quote: > Claude Hopper <boobooililililil@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Sterling1 wrote: Quote: >>> I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get >>> it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier >>> date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try >>> without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! >>> >>> >>> >>> >> as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore. > No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all. > > But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that. > > Richie Hardwick once. |
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12-14-2008
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| | Re: Vista only works in safe mode Claude Hopper <boobooililililil@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Richie Hardwick wrote: Quote: >> Claude Hopper <boobooililililil@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Quote: >>> Sterling1 wrote: >>>> I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get >>>> it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier >>>> date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try >>>> without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machine >>> as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore. >> No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all. >> >> But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that. >> >> Richie Hardwick >I didn't get recovery disks, had to make my own. And you can only do it >once. once. Richie Hardwick |
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12-14-2008
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| | Re: Vista only works in safe mode 'Richie Hardwick[_2_ Wrote: Quote: > ;761895']Claude Hopper boobooililililil@xxxxxx wrote: > - > Sterling1 wrote:- > I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only > get > it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an > earlier > date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try > without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! > > > > - > Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machine > > as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete > restore.- > > No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all. > > But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that. > > Richie Hardwick this? -- Sterling1 |
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12-14-2008
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| | Re: Vista only works in safe mode On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:13:32 +0000, Sterling1 wrote: Quote: > 'Richie Hardwick[_2_ Wrote: Quote: >> ;761895']Claude Hopper boobooililililil@xxxxxx wrote: - >> Sterling1 wrote:- >> I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only >> get >> it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier >> date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try >> without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you! >> >> >> >> - >> Did you create a set of restore DVD's or CD's after buying the machine >> >> as you should have? If so, wipe the disk and run the complete restore.- >> >> No need... the recovery discs will take care of it all. >> >> But it looks as if the OP doesn't want to do that. >> >> Richie Hardwick > I have the Dell reinstallation DVD. Will I lose everything if I do > this? Before you reinstall...save any of your personal files to a backup medium. You don't need to backup programs that you have disk for, you will need to re-install them anyway. If you downloaded any programs...keep a copy of the .exe if you want...otherwise make sure you can re-download it. Backup emails if you want to keep any. Backup any saved data files. You will also have to re-install drivers. Some may be on the Dell disk (may even be a seperate disk for drivers). Any drivers you got from a manufacturers site will need to be downloaded again ( I always save the latest drivers to a thumb drive). If in doubt...save it. |
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