Booting into Safe Mode

[Jim Brown]

How do I boot into safe mode?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jim;
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu.

To get back to normal, simply reboot, nothing else to press.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

To use a Safe Boot option, follow these steps:

1. Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard.
On a computer that is configured for booting to multiple operating systems,
you can press the F8 key when you the Boot Menu appears.

2. Select an option when the Windows Advanced Options menu appears,
and then press ENTER.

3. When the Boot menu appears again, and the words "Safe Mode" appear in
blue at the bottom, select the installation that you want to start, and then press ENTER.

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222&Product=winxp

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[Michael Stevens]

In

How do I boot into safe mode?

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Access Safe Mode
#12 on the FAQ list.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html
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