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stephen9876
I recently installed WinXP Home Edition SP2, dual-booted with Win98.
When I boot into Safe Mode (XP) and do absolutely nothing, after a minute or
two the computer overheats and shuts down. This occurs consistently, and for
all types of Safe Mode booting. On one attempt, I launched Task
Manager/Performance, and it showed a CPU usage of zero. (of course, this
can't be entirely true; Task Manager itself consumes processor resources.)
After I select Safe Boot, I get a screen full of lines of the form
multi(o)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\windows\system32\drivers\...
and a great deal of disk activity. I assume this is what's supposed to happen.
My cable modem USB driver gets loaded, and Safe Mode booting takes at least
as long as normal booting, maybe longer. (Oddly, Safe Mode with Networking
seems to boot noticably quicker.) It's not clear to me just what Safe Mode
omits.
I have no problem with normal booting (as far as I know). This is backwards!
What is wrong, and what can I do about it?
Help!
When I boot into Safe Mode (XP) and do absolutely nothing, after a minute or
two the computer overheats and shuts down. This occurs consistently, and for
all types of Safe Mode booting. On one attempt, I launched Task
Manager/Performance, and it showed a CPU usage of zero. (of course, this
can't be entirely true; Task Manager itself consumes processor resources.)
After I select Safe Boot, I get a screen full of lines of the form
multi(o)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\windows\system32\drivers\...
and a great deal of disk activity. I assume this is what's supposed to happen.
My cable modem USB driver gets loaded, and Safe Mode booting takes at least
as long as normal booting, maybe longer. (Oddly, Safe Mode with Networking
seems to boot noticably quicker.) It's not clear to me just what Safe Mode
omits.
I have no problem with normal booting (as far as I know). This is backwards!
What is wrong, and what can I do about it?
Help!