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HELP SAFE MODE DOES NOT WORK

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by davethechinaman

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my display driver messed up my desktop and im trying to go into safe mode to fix it but safe mode wont show up. IM running windows vista.. i keep tapping F8 when it boots and nothing shows up. I also tried holding F8 no luck either..Since my display driver is messed up could it not show the writing for safe mode. Becauce when i tap f8 or hold it it seems to give me a longer black screen then usually

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by alphatech9

If you cannot even get into the boot recovery screen you might be done ....

At this point you might have to go to the CD recovery option and see if you can repair the boot....

by bcpgm

Vista allows you to run System Restore without running Windows.

Boot from DVD-ROM with Vista DVD in it. Click on Repair your computer and from System Recovery options, choose System Restore.

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