boot into Safe Mode

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Derek Kearney

When I reboot and hit F8,which should give me the Advanced Options
menue, including booting into Safe Mode,Instead, I get a screen of
options to boot into the floppy disks, or hard disks. Any suggestions,
please?
 
Derek said:
When I reboot and hit F8,which should give me the Advanced Options
menue, including booting into Safe Mode,Instead, I get a screen of
options to boot into the floppy disks, or hard disks. Any suggestions,
please?
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It sounds like your PC uses F8 to get into the bios setup utility. Try
waiting an extra second or so during the boot process before hitting the
F8 key.

Alternatively, you could add Safe Mode to your PC's boot menu by editing
the boot.ini file thusly:

Make a backup copy of the boot.ini file, just in case you make a mistake.
Open the boot.ini file in Notepad.
Copy the line that ends with "/fastdetect" (NOT "/fastdetect /sos").

Paste the line you just copied below the original line. Change
"WINDOWS=Microsoft XP Professional" to "WINDOWS="Safe Mode" and add the
following text to the end of the line (after the /fastdetect, if there):
/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
Save the file and close Notepad.

Now, when you reboot you'll have Safe Mode as a boot option.


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The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not
liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader using advice
posted here.
 
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