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by kshudak Nov 25, 2002 last reply Dec 29, 2002

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Once NT begins to boot and you reach the blue screen that notes the OS - NT4, the service pack and the amount of memory, etc., then dots begin to appear from the left and continue to the right (approx 6-8). What specifically do each of these dots represent or where can I find this information?

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by cg it Nov 25, 2002

hummm not sure but my hunch is it may just be like that little drum with the beating drumsticks one would see in W9X indicating nothing special other than the program is loading.

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by ann777 Nov 26, 2002

Edit your boot.ini file to included a /SOS after the default boot.

You will thereafter not see the dots and in place, you will see each of the drivers names come on screen as they are loaded.

You can find more info on /SOS here:

http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip439.htm

http://windows.about.com/library/weekly/aa000716a.htm

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/bootini.shtml

http://ihide.virtualave.net/archive/bootini.html

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