Safe Mode

'michelle43973' wrote:
| I'm trying to get my computer to boot up in Safe mode in order to remove a
| virus. I press F8 when the computer is booting up but instead of
displaying
| a list of options including "safe mode" I get
|
| Please select boot device:
| 1st Floppy drive
| VIA VT6420 1st HDD
| SM-Sony DVD RW DW-U18A
| SS-Sony CD-RW CRX230E
|
| with the option to press Esc to boot up using default. I'm sure I've
booted
| up in safe mode before and there was definatly a list where "safe mode"
was a
| selection in the list.

Likely you are hitting the F8 key too soon, and are getting BIOS options.
Wait until AFTER the normal BIOS Boot message appears, and THEN use the F8
key. I'd guess you have a laptop computer; just try different timings for
WHEN you press the F8 key and you will be able to get into Safe Mode.
You've just jumped to a conclusion that there was some problem rather than
just a change in your timing.

Phil Weldon

"michelle439731" <michelle439731.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DC488248-B5CC-4F99-AAA2-D45290EF3AB0@microsoft.com...
| I'm trying to get my computer to boot up in Safe mode in order to remove a
| virus. I press F8 when the computer is booting up but instead of
displaying
| a list of options including "safe mode" I get
|
| Please select boot device:
| 1st Floppy drive
| VIA VT6420 1st HDD
| SM-Sony DVD RW DW-U18A
| SS-Sony CD-RW CRX230E
|
| with the option to press Esc to boot up using default. I'm sure I've
booted
| up in safe mode before and there was definatly a list where "safe mode"
was a
| selection in the list.
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