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[wd5fdl Profile]

drats now i catn think striaght im so frustrated..any help on this appreciated
i used vista boot pro and it fixed the problem once now that dont work
and i am stuck perm. in safe mode. there must be some file that tells
windows to boot in safe mode after an unexpected shutdown i would like to know its name.
if i cant fix this i will have to reformate and reinstall windows something i dont want to do.
just reinstalling is an even worse option as MS ( Mighty Stuppid Corp.)reinstall process moves all the old install to a special folder called
windows.old and installs a fresh copy of windows on the hard drive and when its done every attempt to access your old files
is blocked by " ACCESS DENIED "
so any help here appreciated thanks gene

[wd5fdl Profile]

ok i got it fixed i finally found a un corrupted copy of my bcdregistry backup
and installed it on the correct drive....i had a hard time finding a good copy
as i only had 2 copies and 5 drives to look for them in now i have multiple copies on all my drives
and i might also recomend to my self to put it on cd too

[Grav!ty Profile]

Well done wd5fdl and thanks for letting is know your solution

[wd5fdl Profile]

Well done wd5fdl and thanks for letting is know your solution

yea thanks sometime you got to go bs about something come back with a refreshed mind
(all frustrations released...)

[wd5fdl Profile]

well drats i am stuck in safe mode again and none of my bcd registry backups
is working i really need to Know the name of the file that tells windows to boot in safemode
any help with that appreciated...if i cant fix it ill just have to formate and install windows 7 RC
next tuesday.... i have a funny felling that windows 7 RC will do the same thing and if it does
MS will stand for " Mighty Stuppid Corp....."

[Grav!ty Profile]

It's a boot menu entry that gets one booted to safe mode and calls for a restricted startup sequence. Check the Advanced Settings page in VistaBootPRO to see if there are checks in any of the check boxes. Uncheck them if there are any that may be causing the safe mode boot.

If there aren't try to rebuild the BCD completely by booting to the Vista DVD command prompt (note that the normal command prompt in Vista will not work and you must use the one on the Vista DVD), and run these commands without the asterisk * :

* bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
* c:
* cd boot
* attrib bcd -s -h -r
* ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
* bootrec /RebuildBcd

Should you still have a problem after that, post the text of VistaBootPRO>View Settings>Detailed by right clicking the text on that page/tab>Select All>Copy and we can see if there's an entry there that is deletable

[JabbaPapa Profile]

You can also check the boot options in msconfig