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Rather than hitting the F8 button when you
boot up in order to gain access to Safe Mode, why not add a Safe Mode option to
the boot up menu. Then, when you boot your machine, you will have the option of
booting directly into your operating system or, alternatively, booting directly
into Safe Mode.
1/ Click the Start button
2/On the Start Menu right click on
My Computer and select Properties
3/ In the Properties window select
the Advanced tab
4/ On the Advanced tab, in the
startup and recovery section, click the Settings button
5/ The Startup and recovery window will
now open
6/ Now click the Edit button
7/ A copy of your boot ini file
will open. It looks 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 Professional"
/fastdetect
8/ Select the line containing your default
operating system under [operating systems] and Copy it to the
bottom of the boot ini list, i.e.,
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect
9/ At the end of the line you have just
copied add the following switches /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog.
The line should now look like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
10/ Now change the description of the text
at the between the quotation marks so it reads "Windows XP Safe Mode" The
final line should appear like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Safe Mode"/fastdetect/safeboot:minimal
/sos /bootlog
11/ Now Save the file
12/ If you need safe mode with networking replace
the 'minimal' option with the word 'network'. I.E: "Windows XP Safe Mode"/fastdetect/safeboot:network
/sos /bootlog
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