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• How to reboot your computer in Safe Mode
• What to do if your computer boots only in standard mode
• What to do, if the boot menu will not display after F8 button is pressed

How to reboot your computer in Safe Mode

• Go to Start > Shut Down > Restart
• Keep pressing the key F8 during the first seconds the PC is being booted until you see the Windows Advanced Options Menu.

On some computer configurations the key F8 is used to select a physical drive to boot from. In this case select a hard disk drive with installed OS. Once you have pressed Enter, keep pressing F8 until Windows Advanced Options Menu is displayed.

• Select Safe mode

• press the Enter key
• press the Enter key to confirm the selected variant
• reboot the PC after finishing work in this mode

For Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 a password of the local user Administrator is required

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What to do if your computer boots only in standard mode

If a computer boots only in normal mode and "blue screen" when choosing safe mode, it is possible that the registry branch Safeboot responsible for booting in safe mode is damaged. The registry branch Safeboot can be restored using a previously imported .reg file. In order to do this, perform the following actions:

• download the archive safeboot.zip;
• extract the archive to the computer (for example, using WinZip);
• run the .reg file corresponding to your operating system:
  
  
• SafeBootWin200.reg for Windows 2000;
• SafeBootWinXP.reg for Windows XP;
• SafeBootWinServer2003.reg for Windows 2003;
• SafeBootVista.reg for Windows Vista;
• SafeBoot7.reg for Windows 7;
  
  
• click Yes in the Registry editor window.
  

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What to do, if the boot menu will not display after F8 button is pressed

If the boot menu is not displayed by pressing the F8 key for some reason and the OS keeps booting in normal mode, you are recommended to do the following:

• go to Start > Run > enter msconfig > click OK 
• In the dialog window System configuration utility go to the BOOT.INI tab 
• check the /SAFEBOOT option 
• click OK 

• To apply the modified settings, click Restart 

• After computer restart, perform the steps described at the beginning of the article in order to boot Windows OS in standard mode.

  Once you have performed the necessary actions you need to uncheck the /SAFEBOOT option. It will allow to reboot your computer in normal mode.

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