Add Safe Mode
Startup to the Boot Menu
It's fairly common
knowledge that if you want to start your computer in Safe Mode
you can hit the F8 key during the boot process and it will bring
up an alternate list of boot options. The trick is finding just the
right place to whap the hell out of the F8 key to make sure the
regular boot sequence doesn't initiate. It's much easier to get into
Safe Mode if you add it to the boot menu as one of the options
on the boot loader menu. Here's how:
Make a backup of the current boot.ini file.
Note: The boot.ini
file shown below is for illustration purposes only. Your actual
boot.ini may vary from this example.
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect |
Using Notepad, edit
the original boot.ini (shown above) so it appears as shown below.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional Safe" /fastdetect |
The line shown above
in red is the line you add. I used the
word "Safe" but this can be any word you choose.
Close Notepad and save changes when prompted.
Start the System
Configuration Utility by clicking [Start] [Run] and
typing
msconfig, then click [OK].
Click the BOOT.INI tab.
Highlight the boot line you added with the word "Safe" or whatever
word you chose to add above.
Check the /SAFEBOOT option in the Boot Options box and use the
radio buttons to add whatever options you prefer. I'd suggest the
MINIMAL option.
Click [Apply] and [OK] and Restart when prompted.
The option to boot
into safe mode will now appear on the boot loader menu.
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