25. How Do I Put The Safe Mode Option On The Boot Menu

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.

Click the Start button.
n the Start Menu right click on My Computer and select Properties.
In the Properties window select the Advanced tab.
On the Advanced tab, in the startup and recovery section, click the Settings button.
The Startup and recovery window will now open.
Now click the Edit button.
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

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

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

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

Now Save the file
If you need safe mode with networking replace the 'minimal' option with the word 'network'. For example: "Windows XP Safe Mode"/fastdetect/safeboot:network /sos /bootlog