ADDING SAFE MODE TO BOOT LIST

Atleast once, every PC user had the requirement of booting on to Safe Mode for one or other problem rectification. Normally it is done by pressing the F8 key while booting on and going to the boot menu and then selecting the Safe Mode options. At times this become tedious because of missing the right time in pressing F8 or restrictions in some motherboard specifications those provide a drive choice menu etc.

The problem can be solved by adding a line to the boot.ini file. I will describe it in the following lines. To perform the following actions, you must be a member of the Administrator group.

STEP-1

Start Menu > Run
Type cmd
Enter

Command prompt opens up.

Navigate to the root Drive C:\ by typing cd \
(Here I assume that your Windows is in C Drive)

Here type attrib -s -h -r boot.ini

STEP-2

Now go to
Start Menu > Run
Type C:\boot.ini
Enter

The boot.ini file opens up.
Add the following lines as the last line.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=Microsoft Windows XP-SafeMode" /fastdetect /Safeboot:minimal/SOS/bootlog

Now close the file and it will prompt you to save changes. Save the changes by clicking YES.
Go to the already opened Command Prompt and type the following:-
attrib +s +h +r boot.ini

Close the command prompt and restart your System.
Now after BIOS you will get an Option Menu. Here you may boot into your Windows normally or you may boot into Safe Mode.

If you feel problem in doing STEP-2 there is an easier way.
Right click MyComputer icom on desktop and select properties.
System Properties box opens up.
Click the Advanced tab.
Go to Startup and Recovery and click settings. Startup and Recovery box opens up.
Click the Edit button and the boot.ini file opens up.
Here you may add the line as mentioned in STEP-2 and close the file and save it.

Thats all.

If your Windows is not in C: drive, ask me. I will guide you further.
pradeepthegreat2010@gmail.com