Since SP3 I've been having a problem getting into Safe Mode, when running anti-malware and such.
Pressing F8 beings up a blue screen with a list of the drives available for BOOTing. But no means of opting for Safe Mode.
Not sure why. M$ and others seem to deny there is any problem. Others seem to have it as well, but they tend to be pointed back to the F8 on startup and when they say this doesn't work, are
told to try again.
I think I've figured a work around.
Right click on My Computer. Click Advanced Tab. Click Startup and Recovery: Settings. Now click the Edit button
The boot.ini loads and will look something like this:
Cut and paste this file into a copy to notepad, on the desktop, as a backup.
Now, add this line:
Now, restart, watch the screen with your finger over the up arrow. As soon a screen opens asking you with Operating System you want, press up arrow. This will cause the whole process to
wait.
Now, press F8 and select Safe Mode
Pressing F8 beings up a blue screen with a list of the drives available for BOOTing. But no means of opting for Safe Mode.
Not sure why. M$ and others seem to deny there is any problem. Others seem to have it as well, but they tend to be pointed back to the F8 on startup and when they say this doesn't work, are
told to try again.
I think I've figured a work around.
Right click on My Computer. Click Advanced Tab. Click Startup and Recovery: Settings. Now click the Edit button
The boot.ini loads and will look something like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
Cut and paste this file into a copy to notepad, on the desktop, as a backup.
Now, add this line:
Finally, click File and Save. At this point, you may want to increase the time out period. Mine was set to 2, I increased it to 4.[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
"do not select this" /debug
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
Now, restart, watch the screen with your finger over the up arrow. As soon a screen opens asking you with Operating System you want, press up arrow. This will cause the whole process to
wait.
Now, press F8 and select Safe Mode