Safe Mode Not Displaying Drivers

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Will

I am trying to transfer a Windows 2000 install to new hardware and the
system hangs and reboots on one of the drivers. For some reason, starting
in Safe Mode is *not* displaying the list of drivers as it usually does, on
the new system. What would cause that and is there some extra step I can
take that would force display of each driver as it loads?
 
DL said:
Run a repair installation of win and install drivers from their cd's NOT
winupdate
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I did this and get same result. After repair, I hit F8 during initial boot
and get Safe Mode and select it. I do NOT get a list of drivers, just the
normal sliding bar during Windows 2000 boot up.
 
Will said:
I did this and get same result. After repair, I hit F8 during initial boot
and get Safe Mode and select it. I do NOT get a list of drivers, just the
normal sliding bar during Windows 2000 boot up.
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I think perhaps you are referring to the output from using the /SOS
switch in boot.ini? Please review the following articles.

Available switch options for the Windows 2000 Boot.ini file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833722/en-us

How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311578/en-us
 
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