Safe Mode Boot CD?

boxer · 13. Jan 2012, 04:49 PM

My W7 64 bit does not load currently - or rather I get to a user screen, select and login a user and it just goes to a black screen. I can launch task manager (c+a+d) and see processes running but cannot launch new tasks. I do not have the W7 install files at the moment. On boot my keyboard works but it does not work precisely when I am given the option to select safe mode! I loaded the Windows Repair Disc but it does not seem to give the option to get into safe mode. Any ideas here? All the boot discs I have tried so far seem to require your keyboard to work or W7 install files. For example Kapersky runs and then makes me press a button to launch. No workie! Help! Any ideas? Is there something I can create on another machine to launch on my bad PC to get into safe mode perhaps?

boxer · 13. Jan 2012, 04:50 PM

FYI - this might be an issue with a virus or recent Windows update. I noticed yesterday when the machine was last working that my Chrome browser tab clicks were closing tabs. I was worried my Zonealarm missed a virus so I installed Avast's free antivirus. This may be causing a conflict or maybe this is some malware.

boxer · 13. Jan 2012, 05:01 PM

I have a W74 64 bit HP laptop with a Recovery folder - can I somehow use that for W7 source files?

Concerned User · 14. Jan 2012, 06:37 AM

To boot into safe mode, press F8 when your system is starting up.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...r-in-safe-mode

Then you should be able to go into your user account and use your antivirus software.

boxer · 07. Feb 2012, 05:24 PM

F8 never worked. Used one of the antivirus softwares to get into a file management program and delete culrrit files that were causing boot issues.

13. Jan 2012, 04:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
boxer Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	Safe Mode Boot CD? My W7 64 bit does not load currently - or rather I get to a user screen, select and login a user and it just goes to a black screen. I can launch task manager (c+a+d) and see processes running but cannot launch new tasks. I do not have the W7 install files at the moment. On boot my keyboard works but it does not work precisely when I am given the option to select safe mode! I loaded the Windows Repair Disc but it does not seem to give the option to get into safe mode. Any ideas here? All the boot discs I have tried so far seem to require your keyboard to work or W7 install files. For example Kapersky runs and then makes me press a button to launch. No workie! Help! Any ideas? Is there something I can create on another machine to launch on my bad PC to get into safe mode perhaps?

07. Feb 2012, 05:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
boxer Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	F8 never worked. Used one of the antivirus softwares to get into a file management program and delete culrrit files that were causing boot issues. Last edited by Anupam; 07. Feb 2012 at 05:39 PM. Reason: Edited out commercial software names

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13. Jan 2012, 04:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
boxer Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	FYI - this might be an issue with a virus or recent Windows update. I noticed yesterday when the machine was last working that my Chrome browser tab clicks were closing tabs. I was worried my Zonealarm missed a virus so I installed Avast's free antivirus. This may be causing a conflict or maybe this is some malware.

13. Jan 2012, 05:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
boxer Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	I have a W74 64 bit HP laptop with a Recovery folder - can I somehow use that for W7 source files?

14. Jan 2012, 06:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Concerned User Editor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: இந்தியா, सिन्धु, India Posts: 324	To boot into safe mode, press F8 when your system is starting up. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...r-in-safe-mode Then you should be able to go into your user account and use your antivirus software.