Booting into safe mode?

[Geekling]

for windows XP its F8...right?

Its not working for me.

 

[OdiN]

Do you have one of those keyboards with F-Lock on it? You have to press that before your F8 key will be F8 - stupid I know. Dumb keyboard manufacturers.

 

[wpshooter]

Have you tried F5 ?

 

[jeffk55]

Tap the f8 key a lot, starting before the end of the Bios boot screens.