The Toshiba site says F8 will give you safe mode.
Press the F8 key repeatedly as soon as soon as the boot cycle starts.


R. Shane wrote:
> I forgot to mention that I had already tried to get into safe mode.
> Pressing F8 doesn't give me the screen with the options. This is a
> Toshiba Satellite A45 laptop. I do have a recovery disk but that puts
> the laptop back where it was at time of purchase. Would really prefer
> not to go that drastic.
>
> Thank
>
> Rob Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Mayer To:
> [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 12:26 AM
>  Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Can't get past log on screen
>
>
> Try opening in "safe mode" by pressing F8 during boot process. Then
> go to restore. You might also want to uninstall the problem program
> while in safe mode.
>
> Tom Mayer
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Shane"
> <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 6:40 PM Subject: [PCSOFT] Can't get
> past log on screen
>
>
> Hello, I just installed a program on my laptop with WinXP home that
> required a system reboot and it now won't go past the log on screen.
> Freezes at loading personal settings. How do I access the restore
> points not being able to completely boot.
>
> TIA Rob Shane
>
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