Why can't I restart in safe mode with a command prompt?
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Re: Why can't I restart in safe mode with a command prompt?
What exactly are you trying to tweak in your Start Menu that you need tostart in Safe Mode??
Your BIOS has nothing to do with Windows Safe Mode.
You should see a screen that looks like this >>
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Windows Advanced Options Menu
Please select an option:
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Enable Boot Logging
Enable VGA mode
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)
Debugging Mode
Start Windows Normally
Reboot
Return to OS Choices Menu
Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.
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A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=315222
Have a look here:
http://tinyurl.com/pfca
Scroll down to and click the [+]
[+] Windows XP
To use the System Configuration Utility method
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:A1493678-2F8B-4E96-BC16-ADA15E80A57C@microsoft.com,
Chris <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I want to tweak my start menu, but to apply the changes I need to
> restart in safe mode with a command prompt. When I F8 during setup,
> it gives me a choice of 4 different drives (floppy, cdrw, dvd-rom,
> and hdd), but no other choices, and all of those will just start
> windows normally. The only thing I can think of is that the BIOS my
> mainboard came with has some sort of safety override to keep idiots
> like me from messing with the settings. The board is an ASUS
> P4P800S, and I'm running XP Home. Anybody know a way of getting a
> command prompt (can't use the one in windows, has to be before the
> explorer.exe file boots) on restart with this board? There's gotta
> be a way......
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Re: Why can't I restart in safe mode with a command prompt?
Chris,it sounds like you're hitting F8 too soon.
You'll need to hit F8 after the system POSTs (that's the memory check or the
manufacturer's logo), but before tou see the Windows XP boot logo.
Incidently, why do you have to boot to Safe Mode with Command line? What
are you trying to do?
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Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
MS-MVP - Windows Setup / Deployment
"Chris" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A1493678-2F8B-4E96-BC16-ADA15E80A57C@microsoft.com...
>I want to tweak my start menu, but to apply the changes I need to restart
>in safe mode with a command prompt. When I F8 during setup, it gives me a
>choice of 4 different drives (floppy, cdrw, dvd-rom, and hdd), but no other
>choices, and all of those will just start windows normally. The only thing
>I can think of is that the BIOS my mainboard came with has some sort of
>safety override to keep idiots like me from messing with the settings. The
>board is an ASUS P4P800S, and I'm running XP Home. Anybody know a way of
>getting a command prompt (can't use the one in windows, has to be before
>the explorer.exe file boots) on restart with this board? There's gotta be
>a way......
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