How do I enter Safemode?
- Thread starter Blackout
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For some weird reason that won't work on one of my old P4 machines, to get safe mode I have to let it boot to the windows splash screen & then re-set (usually a few times) ultimately, it pops up with the "The last time Windows loaded blah de blah" giving me - finally! - an option to boot into safe mode.
Why I don't know, tried different keyboards, even re-installed the OS & it still does it!
Sodding thing!
Man of Honour
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Hey Blackout, when you restart your machine, before the Windows Logo screen appears, if you press F8 before that particular (Windows Logo) screen, the "Advanced Boot Options" menu should appear. Since I know with my machine and is probably the same with most machines out their, if I press F8 as soon as the system boots, I will get the “Select Which Boot Device" menu. Now if I press F8 a couple of seconds after the machine has actually booted (Which in my case is before the Windows Logo screen), I get the "Advanced Boot Options" menu, which will then allow me to boot into "Safe Mode" if need be. 
As modo77 has already stated.
As modo77 has already stated.
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For some weird reason that won't work on one of my old P4 machines, to get safe mode I have to let it boot to the windows splash screen & then re-set (usually a few times) ultimately, it pops up with the "The last time Windows loaded blah de blah" giving me - finally! - an option to boot into safe mode.
Why I don't know, tried different keyboards, even re-installed the OS & it still does it!
Sodding thing!
usb keyboard probably?
or pressing too late
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What about if you have a USB keyboard, like me?
Configure your BIOS to allow it to control the keyboard at boot.
USB? I'm not that high tech yet
I press it early, late and it makes no odds, as I say, only on my old p4 1.7
Has always been thus.
