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How to add Safe Mode Boot Option and Recovery Console to Windows XP Boot Menu
What is this Tip?

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This tip will show you how to add a menu entry in the Windows XP Boot Menu, for booting into safe mode. This can be useful if you don’t want to press the F8 Key every time you want to boot into the Windows Safe Mode.
How to implement this Tip?

1. This tip needs you to edit the Boot.ini file –which is hidden by default - found in the root drive of your hard disk. Load the Boot.ini file in notepad. Else you can access this file by right clicking on My Computer then Properties > Advanced > Settings (in Startup and Recovery section) > Edit (System Startup section). This will load your boot.ini file in a notepad.

2. Add the below given line at the end of the file.

C:CMDCONSBOOTSECT.DAT="Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Make sure that you have placed the drive letter on which your OS is installed in the above line at the place of C:

3. Now copy the default line which is written under the [operating system] section inside your Boot.ini file and paste it just below the line you have added. Rename the Microsoft Windows Xp Professional in it with Safe Boot and add the below given line to the end of the line you have pasted.

/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog

So a sample will look like the below given line :

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Safe Boot" /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog

4. Save this file and Reboot your system.