To access Safe Mode

To access Safe Mode, you have to press F8 as soon as you
see booting into windows XP text. This can sometimes be quite
tricky, especially on very fast systems. You can press F8 during the entire boot sequence, and if you
have a dual boot system, select the OS, press Enter and F8 at
the same time to enter Safe Mode. Using MSCONFIG to Access SAFE MODE
From Start> Run Type: msconfig Choose the Boot.ini tab From Boot Option Select /SAFEBOOT by placing a check in the box. Press Apply Press OK Select Restart System will boot into Safe Mode BEFORE rebooting from Safe mode repeat steps 1 thru 7 and
uncheck the box selecting /SAFEBOOT Press Apply Press OK Select Restart You will get a message that your are in Troubleshooting Mode,
place a check in the "do not show this again" box; press OK From Start> Run; once again Type: msconfig From the General Tab Select Normal Startup Press Apply Press OK This will restore normal boot.