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XP Won't Boot Into Safe Mode


meeshu

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This one is for an EXPERT in Windows XP operating system, I think.

Running a triple boot system with Windows 7 32bit SP1, Windows 7 64bit SP1, and Windows XP Pro 32bit SP3.

It IS possible to boot into Windows XP Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key after selecting which operating system to boot into from the multi-boot start up menu.

However, when Windows XP has booted up under usual circumstances (Normal Mode), XP will NOT boot into Safe Mode when modifying the Boot.ini settings (selecting SafeBoot and Minimal boot option for example) under msconfig, and restarting. The computer always boots back into Normal Mode despite Boot.ini settings being set to SafeBoot etc!?

I've run numerous anti-malware/anti-spyware programs (and some "minor" issues were found and fixed), but otherwise no (major) issues found. Also ran CHKDSK and SFC, but no errors found.

Why will Windows XP not boot into Safe Mode after changing the boot settings in Boot.ini (via msconfig), and restarting the computer? This is really odd behavior.

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