system boots in safe not normal mode

**md300** · September 9th, 2004, 08:26 PM

OK how and wear do you start when system boots in safe mode but not normal mode its window xp home its on older e machine I get one beep when start as normal .
how do you test something making this not boot in normal it comes on then sites there and you get nothing how do you repair your start boot up thanks oh be as specific as possible thanks

**John Prophet** · September 9th, 2004, 08:35 PM

ok..was it working fine before and now just stopped working??

if so..one thing you can do is boot into safe mode..then go to system restore and restore it back to before the problem started

go to programs/accesories/system tools/restore

**md300** · September 9th, 2004, 08:51 PM

I restored it back a month ago no change and cant seem to run chkdsk either but works great in safe mode this is weired.

**John Prophet** · September 9th, 2004, 09:26 PM

then try this....

boot to the xp cd

1st screen hit enter
2nd screen hit f8 for license agreement
3rd screen hit (R) for repair

this is known as a "repair install"...usually fixes most problems and you wont lose any data etc

**md300** · September 9th, 2004, 10:09 PM

ok how do i find the password as this was set up when i bought it from e machines

**howste** · September 9th, 2004, 10:40 PM

I think the CD Key should be on a label on your CD cover or manual.

**John Prophet** · September 9th, 2004, 10:42 PM

password? or product key?

**Alrededor** · September 9th, 2004, 10:48 PM

system specs would help...also, if the above help doesn't do it for you, then what did you do between when it was fine and when it stopped working. What mobo do you have? I've had personal experience with a certain mobo, and while this probably isn't your problem, it'd be a good thing to eliminate so you don't go on a wild goose chase for info...

**md300** · September 10th, 2004, 12:31 AM

you ask a bunch of questions I cant answere all i know is this windows xp home e machine model number W4885 have regirastion key for windows xp but was installed before i bought it now i am trying to repair it some how it will work fine in safe but not normal so thought about doing system repair but has some kind password and have no idea as I didnt install this windows it was installed whne i bought it get it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
system works fine in safe mode but why cant it boot up normally is there a way to repair just the boot system
oh once again I said pasword in recovery mode ( PASSWORD ) I DON't know

**John Prophet** · September 10th, 2004, 12:37 AM

is it a bios password?

if it is a bios pasword there should be a cmos reset jumper next to the battery...you move it over to the "reset" position for a few seconds..then move it back

not sure of any other kind of password.....

any way you can call the place where you bought it?

tell us EXACTLY where you are encountering the password..is it after it is booting to the cd?

**md300** · September 10th, 2004, 12:48 AM

ZI bought it at best buy few years ago , bets me it bios i dont think so because I can enter bios set up i am talking about windows password i guess

**Valtelino** · September 10th, 2004, 03:41 AM

Last time I had "Safemode every boot", someone had ticked something in MSConfig on the boot.ini file. Can't remember exactly. It's a long time ago (using W2k ATM) "Safeboot" ?? Something like that.
Anyway, it seemed to be designed to default to safe mode every boot, so you could remove virii, etc.

**md300** · September 10th, 2004, 11:33 AM

I can boot up in safe mode networking , get online everything but boot normally tried to do system repair but ask's for adminstartor password and dont now what it is as they set it up and noone I been able to talk to nows either .

**John Prophet** · September 10th, 2004, 11:36 AM

hmm..seems like a case where you will have to crack that password, lol

**uethello** · September 10th, 2004, 11:40 AM

Sometimes when things get "reset" it asks for a password just to confirm that there *isn't* a password. Have you tried getting to that point, then just pressing "OK" or Enter. Just leave it blank. If it got reset, it'll go.

**Underclocked** · September 10th, 2004, 12:00 PM

You are either hanging on an app that can't start or hardware that is being improperly configured when you attempt normal boot - at least that is how I would read your symptoms.

Did you install any software or make any hardware changes before this problem started?

You might try running msconfig from safe mode (in the run command). From there you could look at items in the startup tab to see if there are any "foreigners". Another tool you might download and install is regsupreme. Run it and let it fix the errors it finds.

Failing any progress, I would start on hardware issues by first disabling the network card and then try rebooting normally.

You will need attempt to isolate this one issue or possibility at a time and continue that effort until you have isolated a prime suspect.