What are the different boot modes in Windows 98?
When booting, and before Windows logo appears, if we kit F8 or CTRL key (it depends on each PC), we get a menu containing different boot options. They are the following: 1. Normal: Windows will load every component, driver and program. 2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT): with these options we will be able to create a “bootlog.txt” file, which informs us about modules and drivers loaded, and whether there has been some trouble. 3. Safe mode: with this option, Windows boots with a minimum drivers set (only the mandatory ones). It is useful when something is not properly installed and we want to reinstall or uninstall it. 4. Safe mode with network support: exactly as 3), but installing network drivers. 5. Step-by-step confirmation: we will see all the drivers and we can load each or not. “autoexec.bat” and “config.sys” are the first files loaded. 6. Command prompt only: now MS-DOS is loaded, and also “autoexec.bat” and “config.sys”. 7. Safe mode command prompt only: only MS-DOS loaded, without “aut
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