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How do I boot XP in Safe Mode?

Postby mewnlite » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:21 am

I have Vista on C, and XP on logical drive D (same physical drive). I had originally had Windows 98 on C drive, so as you can imagine I had a little fun getting it to work. But VistabootPro saved my bacon.
I needed to boot XP in Safe Mode tonight. When I have Vista selected in the boot menu, I have the option to press F8, but if I have XP highlighted, there is no such option. I tried hitting F8 quickly when I chose XP, but it still goes into normal mode.
The only way I ever managed to get it in Safe Mode was unorthodox. I let it start booting in Normal mode and then shut the computer off. Then when I turned it back on and chose XP, it automatically brought up the start menu. Is there an "orthodox" way of booting XP in Safe Mode?
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Postby ginogsm » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:36 am

Try pressing F8 before the OS selection menu comes up.

In any case , it should provide you with the XP boot menu selection after you have selected XP , pressed Enter and then hit F8 ( very quickly ).
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