Safe mode is often used when troubleshooting computer
issues. To access it, you have to press F8 during
startup. If you’re not paying attention and don’t
press the key at the right moment, you’ll be
restarting a few times. So here is a way you can save
yourself having to press F8 during startup to access
Safe Mode. Instead, you can add it as an option to
your Windows XP Boot Menu.
1. Right click My Computer and click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Start Up and Recovery, click the Settings
button.
4. Click Edit. The boot.ini file will open in
Notepad.
5. Copy the line that reads as follows:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS=â€Microsof
t Windows XP Professional†/fastdetect.
6. Paste the line you just copied after the original
one.
7. Change the second line from “Microsoft Windows XP
Professional†to “Windows XP Safe Mode†or something
similar.
8. At the end of this line add the following:
/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog.
9. Save the boot.ini file by clicking File then Save.
10. Restart your computer and Safe Mode should be
available at the boot menu.
issues. To access it, you have to press F8 during
startup. If you’re not paying attention and don’t
press the key at the right moment, you’ll be
restarting a few times. So here is a way you can save
yourself having to press F8 during startup to access
Safe Mode. Instead, you can add it as an option to
your Windows XP Boot Menu.
1. Right click My Computer and click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Start Up and Recovery, click the Settings
button.
4. Click Edit. The boot.ini file will open in
Notepad.
5. Copy the line that reads as follows:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS=â€Microsof
t Windows XP Professional†/fastdetect.
6. Paste the line you just copied after the original
one.
7. Change the second line from “Microsoft Windows XP
Professional†to “Windows XP Safe Mode†or something
similar.
8. At the end of this line add the following:
/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog.
9. Save the boot.ini file by clicking File then Save.
10. Restart your computer and Safe Mode should be
available at the boot menu.
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