Re: Booting in Save Mode
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:16:33 +0200
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-xp |
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| 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. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk