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Can't launch Safe Mode

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by hofnet

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Have tried F8, F5, Left Shift, Ctrl, and advance in msconfig.

Windows boots up as if normal boot selected.

At time did not think of trying a startup disk, will try tonight.

Has anyone seen any solutions or troubleshooting for this problem?

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by thechas

You may need to edit msdos.sys
The items of interest are;
Boot Keys if set to 0, the boot keys are deactivated
Boot Fail Safe if set to 1, system will always boot into safe mode
Boot Delay The number for this value is the time that the boot keys are available in seconds.

Remember, don't change the size of msdos.sys it must remain at the original size.

by hofnet

Thank you, I found bootkeys=0, edited the file, and I can now go back into Safe Mode.

by 1stladytech

You can edit the msdos.sys file in the root to force the menu, but this is only neccessary if you are running Win95. With Win98 and ME, you can go to Start, Run and type in msconfig - this will bring up a configuration program, in the lower right corner will be a button marked Advanced, click on that one and check the menu option for Enable Boot Menu. Close the program and reboot when prompted, this should force the menu up where you can choose Safe Mode. If you have Win2000 or XP, you hit F6 while in the beginning of the boot routine, but safe mode is very cyriptic under these op sys.

Hope this helps,

Vickie

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