Dual boot Win98/XP Pro: Win98 safe mode available? 2

[hierogrammate]

Greetings:

I've been meaning to ask this for quite a while. I have a dual boot system with Win98se and WinXP Pro SP1. On the boot screen, if I press F8 I can select whether I want to start up in safe mode, but the options in that screen seem to work only with WinXP, so I end up booting XP in safe mode when what I wanted was to log into Win98 in safe mode.

Is there a way to start Win98se in safe mode... am I missing something?

E.

 

[bcastner]

Choose the Win98 Boot option, while holding down the Ctrl key until the Win98 boot completes (in this case, in Safe Mode).

 

[hierogrammate]

Thanks bcastner...

 

[bcastner]

Hope that worked!

 

[TekTippy4U]

hi bcastner;
just me - from the 95/98 forums spreading my wings a bit and exploring mildly unchartered waters
fwiw; (and you're probably well aware with using 98).
When pressing and holding CTRL you'll get the Startup Menu from which you can choose 1-6 or 7 possible startup options (depending on Networking components) - one being SafeMode.
When pressing and holding SHIFT is when Win98 will auto boot fully into SafeMode. I frequently use a similar procedure when I have (leave) a bootable CDROM in the drive (as my BIOS is set to cdrom as first boot device). I'm given a prompt of 2 choices on boot. (with the default going to HDD after 10 sec.)
[1] Hard Disk
[2] CDROM
as soon as I choose HDD...I immediately press and hold the CTRL key for the Startup menu to appear, and choose my boot choice style.

TT4U

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[bcastner]

TekTippy4U,

What a great answer to the original question.
A star for you, and welcome to the XP Forum.

Bill

 

[TekTippy4U]

- now cut that out...

thanks for the red carpet
[as he takes a bow or two]

TT4U

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[bcastner]

TT4U,

The rule in the XP Forum is to roll out the red carpet.
Then later cut you off at your knees.

 

[TekTippy4U]

ooops... I left out a crucial word -->"humbly"

careful with that axe, eugene

TT4U

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