Re: [Thinkpad] 380xd Thinkpads that boot up in Safe Mode

From: Rob Bell (RobDBell_at_netscape.net)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 16:24:27 EST

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I think Win95 used to act this way if it wasn't shut down cleanly. Or
maybe it was if a boot attempt didn't finish correctly the first time it
would launch into Safe Mode the next time. Not much help, I know...

Rob

Gary Kuznitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a few 380xd Thinkpads that try to boot up normal, Fail and
> boot into Safe Mode. I can restart them and they boot up normal
> just fine. Most of the time when they try to go into Safe Mode on the
> initial startup I can select Normal and they will boot up just fine.
> These have the origional '95 pre-load on them. With added
> programs of course. Does anyone know what causes these laptops
> to go into Safe Mode?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Gary Kuznitz
>

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