safe Mode irony

I have both win98se and XP in same computer, different hard drives. I have the
dual boot menu. When I highlight win98 and then the F8 button, safe mode
appears but its the one that is associated with XP. Is there a way that I can
get safe mode associated with win98?

Instead of only hilighting 98, select it and press Enter then =
immediately press F8 to get the 98 startup menu.=20

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Brian A.

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"Wishy13764" wrote in message =
...
I have both win98se and XP in same computer, different hard drives. I =
have the
dual boot menu. When I highlight win98 and then the F8 button, safe =
mode
appears but its the one that is associated with XP. Is there a way =
that I can
get safe mode associated with win98?

If I may add to Brian's suggestion:
If F8 right after the boot menu is too difficult, and you know ahead of time
that you'll want Safe Mode (or can put up with *always* getting the Windows 98
Startup Menu) run MSCONFIG, click on the Advanced button, and "Enable Startup
Menu".

If you want to leave the Startup Menu enabled all the time, you can add a line
to MSDOS.SYS to control how much time the Startup Menu waits for a response
before launching the default choice:

BootMenuDelay=x
where x is the number of seconds.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
Instead of only hilighting 98, select it and press Enter then immediately press
F8 to get the 98 startup menu.

--

Brian A.

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"Wishy13764" wrote in message
...
I have both win98se and XP in same computer, different hard drives. I have the
dual boot menu. When I highlight win98 and then the F8 button, safe mode
appears but its the one that is associated with XP. Is there a way that I can
get safe mode associated with win98?

On 23 Dec 2004 01:32:45 GMT, (Wishy13764) wrote:

I have both win98se and XP in same computer, different hard drives. I have the
dual boot menu. When I highlight win98 and then the F8 button, safe mode
appears but its the one that is associated with XP. Is there a way that I can
get safe mode associated with win98?

Try F5 instead of F8.

Happy Holidays Everyone,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/