SAFE MODE without access to MSCONFIG?

[Bob Brown]

My motherbaord doesn't seem to have a damn key combo for going into
safe mode without first doing so in MSCONFIG before you reboot [which
is sooooo stupid]

I asked the wrong question before but....
I need to know the key to press to force [from cold boot] the computer
to load XP into safe mode.

F5-F8 only gives a menu choice of which device to boot to, no safe
mode options like previous motherboards I have used.

It's a ASUS A8S-X board.

thanks

[sorry for being a complete ASS earlier, got my junk messed up]

 

[Mikey]

Try quickly TAPPING F8 during boot up, if not try quicklly TAPPING SHIFT
during Boot.

Hope this helps

Mike

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My motherbaord doesn't seem to have a damn key combo for going into
safe mode without first doing so in MSCONFIG before you reboot
[which is sooooo stupid]

I asked the wrong question before but....
I need to know the key to press to force [from cold boot] the
computer to load XP into safe mode.

F5-F8 only gives a menu choice of which device to boot to, no safe
mode options like previous motherboards I have used.

It's a ASUS A8S-X board.

thanks

[sorry for being a complete ASS earlier, got my junk messed up]

Safe Mode is not determined by your motherboard - unless (for whatever
reason) you do not have access to your keyboard before Windows XP loads?
Perhaps you have a PS2 machine and are using a USB keyboard or perhaps you
have a KVM between your computer and the keyboard...

Your motherboard has nothing to do with Windows XP Safe Mode beyond giving
you access to your keyboard. Beyond that - safe mode is a feature of the OS
being loaded from your hard disk drive.

 

[philo]

My motherbaord doesn't seem to have a damn key combo for going into
safe mode without first doing so in MSCONFIG before you reboot [which
is sooooo stupid]

I asked the wrong question before but....
I need to know the key to press to force [from cold boot] the computer
to load XP into safe mode.

F5-F8 only gives a menu choice of which device to boot to, no safe
mode options like previous motherboards I have used.

It is the F8 key but timing is critical


you must hit F8 right after the bios messages...
but just before the OS loads

 

[Elmo]

My motherboard doesn't seem to have a damn key combo for going into
safe mode without first doing so in MSCONFIG before you reboot [which
is sooooo stupid]

I asked the wrong question before but....
I need to know the key to press to force [from cold boot] the computer
to load XP into safe mode.

F5-F8 only gives a menu choice of which device to boot to, no safe
mode options like previous motherboards I have used.

It's a ASUS A8S-X board.

thanks

[sorry for being a complete ASS earlier, got my junk messed up]

Someone recently suggested that you Press F8, when you get the choice on
boot device, pick the hd, then start pecking F8 again.