Re: Booting in Save Mode

John <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:41:47 +0000

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On Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:16:33 +0200, Steve Hayes
<[email protected]> wrote:

>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.

 Which hotkey works seems to be manufacturer and model dependant. F2,
F5, F8 and even F12 sometimes 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. 

 www.startpage.com also seems to be cleaner than Google and less
trackier. 

                                                              J.