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95 only starts in safe mode

After reinstalling 95 it only starts in safe mode and doesn't recognize my cd. How do I get back to the beginning?
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busuka

Here MANY things to check:
1) Check with decent antivirus packet, if you have a virus. Many
  boot-viruses have tendence to really screw things. :)
2) Boot to Command prompt and run Scandisk (or from Safe Mode)
3) Check BIOS setup, what mode your HDD(s) is/are detected (Normal,
   Large, LBA, CHS, ECHS ...)

If everythings seems OK, no virus, HDD clean from errors, HD more
than 504MB is in LBA mode then reinstall Win95 with command:
SETUP /p f
This will clean your registry files (SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT) from
broken entries. If you don't care about installed programs and
ready to reinstall them you can issue command:
SETUP /d /p f

You need to run it from DOS.
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I'll accept that.
O.K. :-)
I had a case where keyboard was damaged, so SHIFT key (and/or some other keys?!) was more/less always pressed (it was not visible, probably a damaged contact..), of course, Windows always started in Safe mode, and after restart restarted in normal mode. I reinstalled entire windows trying to find the solution. I almost gave up and than accidentally tried using different keyboard and everything worked fine..

I know there is a very remote possibility you have the same problem, but if it can help..

Damir
Ya never no dpavusin.
I worked on one just like this and it to turned out to be a
Keyboard "Cable"
Yeap, now it would be great to have some feedback from dlyons. Cause this way we can only suggest what (or where) the problem might be (that's about few milion (more or less) possible reasons.. nothing to be disturbed - oooh, how I love these simple and intuitive, user-friendly OS'es..)

Damir
Well done magigraf,
Glad to see you back:))
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I still don't know what the problem was. Borrowed my friend's portable cd rom and re-installed 95. Works like a charm(fingers crossed) now. Would like to thank all those who offered suggestions. As someone who just likes to surf the web without drowning, this site is a god-send. I have told everybody who will listen about it. Thanks again.
                                                                                                                Dave