i ran an windows update and it found that i need the newest VTI or VDI drivers i think, so i downloaded the driver and it began to install. it got to the 2nd bar on the install and reset my computer. so when it rebooted, the sound didnt work. so then i did a system restore and the sound came back and i tried the windows update once more to make sure it wasnt something i did.
did the same thing as the first time. only thing now is that when it rebooted, my sound didnt work, and i can’t get my system restore to load. and when i open my computer, it just searches and searches for folders with the flashlight icon. my AIM pops up as soon as the computer boots, but thats all.
my question is… is there another way to do a system restore, maybe with the win XP pro cd, or before windows fully boots and i log in. or do i need to boot up in safe mode, which i rather wouldnt do.
any help would be greatly appreciated
edit. the computer reset itself or crashed. one of the 2
it just finished booting up. took fucking 15 min.
works now :bigthumb:
you could have tried to go into safe mode (you hit f8 after the bios loads)
safe mode always pisses me off 
safe mode allows you to boot when a driver isn’t working properly and allows you to fix it. its basically there in case something goes wrong and uses generic drivers. if something ever happens to your video driver, you can go into safe mode and uninstall it. (thats about the only use i’ve had for it so far)
chad, sorry i didn’t get your message (not related to this) yesterday…
safe mode is key… a lot of key files are not loaded during a safe mode boot so that you can make configuration changes to those files without a write error, mainly due to them being inuse.
safe mode is not a secondary boot option to get on aim and look at pR0n… just a way to get into a gui version of windows to modify the basic files…