How To Add Safe Mode to Boot Menu

How To Add Safe Mode to Boot Menu

you can use this method to save yourself from having to press F8 during startup to access Safe Mode:

1. Right click My Computer and click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Start Up and Recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Click Edit. The boot.ini file will open in Notepad.
5. Copy the line that reads as follows: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect.
6. Paste the line you just copied after the original one.
7. Change the copied line from "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" to "Windows XP Safe Mode" or something similar.
8. At the end of this line add the following: /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog.
9. Save the boot.ini file by clicking File then Save.
10. Restart your computer and Safe Mode should be available at the boot menu.

Note: Surely copy your boot.ini file prior to making any changes to it.