Safe Mode- How?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Francis Marsden
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Greetings,

When booting up, keep pressing the F8 key. You'll get a menu and choose
"Safe Mode".

Thanks and best of luck!
 
Francis said:
How do I restart into safe mode? (Windows XP Home)
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Reboot and hold down the F8 key during bootup. This will bring you to a
boot menu where you can choose Safe Mode as one of the options.

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| "Francis Marsden" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | How do I restart into safe mode? (Windows XP Home)

As the others have written the key is F8. For more information
about how to "start the computer in safe mode" search the Windows
XP Help and Support Center for the words in double-quotes and
read the Suggested Topic by that title. Additionally, see the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB315222 - A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;315222

An Additional Note. If your boot.ini file has only one
[Operating Systems] section boot option, then no Boot menu is
displayed when you start the computer. Furthermore, your
operating system loads automatically without pausing, and there
is not an indication as to when you should press F8 to boot into
Safe Mode.

To force a Boot menu to appear you can edit the Boot.ini file and
create a second entry in the [Operating Systems] section. And
create a Timeout value greater then zero.

After that, when you boot a menu will appear that lists Operating
System startup choices, and that has the text: "For
troubleshooting and advanced startup options for Windows, press
F8." And when you see this menu it is the correct time to press
F8 to boot into Safe Mode.

For more information about the problem see the following
Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB242443 - Boot Menu Is Not Displayed and Timeout Value
Is Not Used
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;242443

And for detailed information about how to edit the boot.ini file
see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB289022 - HOW TO: Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;289022

An alternative to the above is to install the Recovery Console as
a hard disk startup option. The installation will automatically
create another entry in the [Operating Systems] section of your
boot.ini (for the Recovery Console). Then when you (re)start
your computer "Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" will appear as
a menu item (along with your Operating System). And the
aforementioned "For troubleshooting and advanced startup.. Press
F8" text will appear, too.

For more information about how to "install the Recovery Console
as a startup option" search the Windows XP Help and Support
Center for the words in double-quotes and read the topic by that
title. Additionally, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
article:

KB307654 - HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;307654
 
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