Hi Kay,
Try this,  go to Start Button...START | RUN | type 'msconfig' (no quotes)
On the 'General' Tab, click 'Advanced'  and put a check mark in 'Enable Startup Menu'

Hope this helps...
Marg Belliveau

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay McCoy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:04 PM
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

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