Booting Vista in Safe Mode

I have a dell laptop with Vista factory installed. The other day is stopped
booting and it can not repair itself. I am attempting to get into safe mode
to check a few things out. However pressing or holding F8 while rebooting
does not work for me. I have tried about 50 times.

If I can not get windows to load are there any other ways through the
command prompt or something to get windows to load in safe mode?

Some OEMs use the F8 key to activate the repair utility - at boot check edge
of screen for indication of another key for safe mode - usual option is F10.

"pjhjones" <> wrote in message
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>I have a dell laptop with Vista factory installed. The other day is stopped
> booting and it can not repair itself. I am attempting to get into safe
> mode
> to check a few things out. However pressing or holding F8 while rebooting
> does not work for me. I have tried about 50 times.
>
> If I can not get windows to load are there any other ways through the
> command prompt or something to get windows to load in safe mode?

https://support.dell.com/support/top.../backupcd_form


"pjhjones" <> wrote in message
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>I have a dell laptop with Vista factory installed. The other day is stopped
> booting and it can not repair itself. I am attempting to get into safe
> mode
> to check a few things out. However pressing or holding F8 while rebooting
> does not work for me. I have tried about 50 times.
>
> If I can not get windows to load are there any other ways through the
> command prompt or something to get windows to load in safe mode?

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:40:02 -0800, pjhjones wrote:

> I have a dell laptop with Vista factory installed. The other day is stopped
> booting and it can not repair itself. I am attempting to get into safe mode
> to check a few things out. However pressing or holding F8 while rebooting
> does not work for me. I have tried about 50 times.
>
> If I can not get windows to load are there any other ways through the
> command prompt or something to get windows to load in safe mode?

I have never managed to get to safe mode by holding F8 down. The only
method that works for me is to press it repeatedly - it makes me sound like
a woodpecker :-)

My theory is that key repeat is not yet available so early in the boot
process.

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

In article <12uhish4ugnar$.k6abwqxtpjlw$.>, not-
d says...
>
> I have never managed to get to safe mode by holding F8 down. The only
> method that works for me is to press it repeatedly - it makes me sound like
> a woodpecker :-)
>
> My theory is that key repeat is not yet available so early in the boot
> process.

I have similar experience.
I can get to Safe mode by F8 holding only by chance,
if holding starts in the right moment.

So, I keep woodpecking..

--
Poutnik
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