Re: Booting in Save Mode

"R.Wieser" <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Dec 2025 07:41:28 +0100
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-xp
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Steve,

> But the only way I seem to be able to get it to boot into Safe Mode
> is to turn the power off while it is booting into Windows XP, and
> then starting again. There must be an easier way.

There should be.  Pressing F8 while booting should do it - though the timing 
seems to be iffy.  Repeatedly pressing the key seems to work best.

Also, I get a screen full of good results when searching for "XP boot into 
safe mode" using DDG.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser