Re: Booting in Save Mode

Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:16:33 +0200
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-xp
Organization Khanya Publications
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 07:41:28 +0100, "R.Wieser" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>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.

Thanks very much -- that seems to work.

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

I'll try that too. 




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