westham
May 31st, 2005, 10:44 PM
Hi all,
could someone please help me with my problem...i cannot seem to boot into safe mode?
restart sysem, press f8, get screen where i choose safe mode but the system then comes up normally?win98se,
pent II
cheers
hammers
Mr Bean
June 1st, 2005, 06:21 PM
Hi
You could try adding SAFE MODE to your boot menu.
Right-click My Computer, and choose Properties (or press Windows Key&Break together).
On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button, which brings up the Startup and Recovery window.
Click the Edit button, which will open the boot.ini file in Notepad.
Look under the [Operating Systems] for your default OS. Copy the entire line, and paste it on the line below.
Change the description in the quotations to say "Safe Mode" or whatever description you want. Then add the following to the end of the line you just copied: /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
If you want networking support, then change "minimal" to "network" without the quotes.
That's it. When you reboot you'll see the Safe Mode listed under your boot menu.
Cheers
Beanie