You can add Safeboot as an option to the normal XP boot screen
1. Open My Computer, Click on Tools, Then Folder Options.
2. Click on the View tab, Then Select Show Hidden Files and Folders and uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files.
3. Open C:\boot.ini
4. Create a new line Under the line that looks something like
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
and copy and paste in the blank line below so that it looks something like
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional SafeBoot" /fastdetect /safeboot:minimal.
5. Save and Exit. If you get problems saving, go to the file, right-click it and click properties and uncheck Read-Only.
1. Open My Computer, Click on Tools, Then Folder Options.
2. Click on the View tab, Then Select Show Hidden Files and Folders and uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files.
3. Open C:\boot.ini
4. Create a new line Under the line that looks something like
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
and copy and paste in the blank line below so that it looks something like
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional SafeBoot" /fastdetect /safeboot:minimal.
5. Save and Exit. If you get problems saving, go to the file, right-click it and click properties and uncheck Read-Only.
