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01-05-01, 06:31 AM

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I heard that you can defrag a system in safe-mode, much faster then in normal-mode.

My question is, how do you reboot the computer into safe mode? or exit normal-mode onto safe-mode?

What are the key strokes?

Running Win98

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01-05-01, 07:17 AM

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If I remember right, you hold down the F8 key when the windows startup screen appears. This will take you to a menu, with an option of starting up in Safe Mode. Scan Disk also runs much faster in Safe Mode.

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If you go to Start - Help, and in the Index, type SAFE, it will take you to detailed instructions on startup in Safe Mode.

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01-05-01, 07:29 AM

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Found it, thanks, F8 was not it, it's CTRL key.

Tried the F8 key after your 1st post and all it did was beeps at me.

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