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.
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A DIFFERENT WAY OF BOOTING ONTO WINDOWS.

Are you tired of watching the same Load Progress Screen of Microsoft Windows while booting on? Are you bored of waiting for the progress bar to stop rolling in slow PCs? Let’s go a bit in Linux way, the Open Booting. Let’s watch what all are the drivers being loaded in the background to get your windows opened. Here is that small magic.

Go to ‘RUN’ , type C:\boot.ini and press enter.
A text file opens with some line written on it (Please see the picture below). Go for a line which starts with ‘multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect . After /fastdetect you have to add the following so as the line will look like this:-
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /sos /NOGUIBOOT
(Your kind attention is solicited towards the single space after fastdetect and /, also between sos and /. That means:-
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /sos /NOGUIBOOT )
Now, save and close the file. Restart your PC to view the change. You’ll really feel great. The booting will be similar to a booting in SAFE MODE. When you want a back in traditional state, run the same process and remove the Strings ‘/sos /NOGUIBOOT’. Restart, you will get your familiar old Progress Bar.

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