I have run into several machines where you couldn't get to Safe Mode if you
were restarting from inside Windows. I had to do a cold boot before the F5,
F8, or Ctrl keys would trigger Safe Mode.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kay McCoy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:05 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Can't find Safe Mode


I am trying to boot a computer into safe mode so that I can run scandisk.
I can't get it to give me the startup menu.    I am running Windows 98 SE;
help tells me that I should hold down the ctrl key or the f8 key.   Have
done both; Windows continues to load.   I looked up information on the
motherboard thinking maybe the startup menu is motherboard specific and not
os specific.   But I'm a little out of my depth here -- it is a Super Micro
(6389) board running AMIBIOS.   (Not sure of my use of these terms....  But
those are the right names.)   Does anyone have any suggestions for getting
the startup menu to appear?

Kay McCoy
Automation Manager
Fayette County Public Libraries
531 Summit Street
Oak Hill, WV  25901
http://fayette.lib.wv.us

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