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Aptiva - How to boot into 'Safe' Mode in Windows 95/98
Applicable to: World-Wide
There are 2 different ways to boot Windows 95/98 into 'Safe' mode.
One way is to use the "Microsoft Windows 95/98 Startup Menu"
To use this menu:
1. Power-on your computer. During the boot process, you will see a screen with the large IBM logo. Immediately after the IBM screen will be a black screen with "Starting Windows 95/98..." in the top left corner. Press the "F8" key to take you to the "Microsoft Windows 95/98 Startup Menu". The black screen will only be up for a couple of seconds. If you miss it, reboot and try again.
2. At the "Microsoft Windows 95/98 Startup Menu", press "3" and the "Enter" key to start Windows 95/98 in Safe mode.
3. A window will come up telling you that "Windows is running in Safe mode" and explains the diagnostic purpose of Safe mode. Press "Enter" key to continue. Windows will continue and start in Safe mode. The Windows desktop will have "Safe mode" in each corner to alert you that you are running Windows in the Safe mode.
An alternate way to go into 'Safe' Mode is:
1. Power-on your computer. During the boot process, you will see a screen with the IBM logo. Immediately after the IBM screen you will see a black screen with "Starting Windows 95/98......" in the upper left corner. Press the "F5" key. This will immediately begin to bypass Windows start up files.
2. A window will come up telling you that "Windows is running in Safe mode" and explains the diagnostic purpose of Safe mode. Press "Enter" key to continue. Windows will continue and start in Safe mode. The Windows desktop will have "Safe mode" in each corner to alert you that you are running Windows in the Safe mode.
Note: Safe mode does not load all of the Windows device drivers. The video will temporarily not look as good usual and the CD ROM drive will not work. This is normal.
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Windows 95, Windows 98 | |
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Date Created |
29-12-97 | |
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09-03-99 | |
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09-03-2000 | |
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IBM Aptiva | |
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Aptiva | |
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2134, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2140, 2142, 2144, 2153, 2156, 2158, 2159, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2168, 2176 | |
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