Windows 98 boots "quicker" than earlier versions.   You might be hitting the
F keys too late.

Try tapping the F8 or F5 key repeatedly after the memory check on the
computer.  Once you see the Windows "splash" screen it's too late, you might
as well reset the computer if you do so immediately and try again.

--gary r. tennesen
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> -----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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