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Windows 7: Safe mode in dual boot
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22 Jun 2009
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Safe mode in dual boot
I have just installed win 7 and got the dual boot with windows Xp, which I already had. now I want to do safe mode of windows Xp tapping the F8 during the boot, but nothing happens....no safe mode at all. What happened ???
I cannot rich the safe mode even in win 7. I don`t know why ???
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22 Jun 2009
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on my system I need to hit F8 just after I select Windows XP from the boot manager menu.
btw, if you have a USB keyboard, make sure USB keyboard support is enabled in your BIOS. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list.
OS XP, Seven, 2008R2
CPU AMD, Intel, VIA
Motherboard Various
Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc.
Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung
Keyboard qwerty
Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital
Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server
Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
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23 Jun 2009
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Windows 7 RTM x64 Queens, NY, USA islbeauty.net |
You can always set the current OS you're in to boot in safe mode next time using MSCONFIG. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom workstation /// Lenovo X61t tablet notebook
OS Windows 7 RTM x64
CPU Core i7 980X @ 4.04GHz OC /// Core Duo L7500 @ 1.6GHz
Motherboard Asus P6T6 WS Revolution ///
Memory 12GB G. Skill @ DDR-1600 OC /// 4GB
Graphics Card Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB /// Intel Mobile GMA X3100
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Eizo 24" SX2461W /// 12"
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 /// 1400x1050
Keyboard Logitech Edge ///
Mouse Logitech Wireless Optical Trackball
PSU Tagan ITZ 1100
Case GHS-1500 ///
Cooling Thermalright IFX-14 + a slew of stealth fans ///
Hard Drives Workstation:
5x 750GB Barracuda-11 on Areca ARC-1220;
4x 1.5TB Barracuda-11 on Intel ICH10R;
Volumes:
300GB RAID 0, 2.7TB RAID 10 on Intel;
100GB RAID 0, 1.4TB RAID 10 on Areca ///
Notebook: G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD
Internet Speed 5Mbps down / 820Kbps up
Other Info Main use: photography;
DVD Drive: L.G GGW-H20L Blu-Ray / DVD;
OC: QPI/DRAM @ 1.33v, CPU @ 1.293v, DRAM Bus @ 1.65v, CPU PLL @ 1.88v, CPU mult = 25x, BCLK = 160, DDR3-1604 @ 7-8-7-24
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23 Jun 2009
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64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Hello Danzack, and welcome to Seven Forums.
In addition to the above, Windows 7 uses the same method as Vista below. Safe Mode - Vista Forums
Hope this helps,
Shawn | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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