77.Add Safe Mode to Boot Menu

Safe Mode is most commonly used for troubleshooting purposes. If you find yourself booting to safe mode often. You may find it helpful to include the option for safe mode in your boot menu. Below, is a method you can use to save yourself from having to press F8 during startup to access Safe Mode:

1. Right click My Computer and click Properties.


2. Click the Advanced tab.


3. Under Start Up and Recovery, click the Settings button.


4. Click Edit. The boot.ini file will open in Notepad.


5. Copy the line that reads as follows: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)’WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect.


6. Paste the line you just copied after the original one.


7. Change the copied line from "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" to "Windows XP Safe Mode" or something similar.


8. At the end of this line add the following: /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog.


9. Save the boot.ini file by clicking File then Save.


10. Restart your computer and Safe Mode should be available at the boot menu.

Note: Your actual Boot.INI may vary to a small degree. The above is an example only. Be sure to copy your boot.ini file prior to making any changes to it.