:add "reboot Into Safe Mode" To Your Start Menu:

09-02-2007, 05:21 AM

For Take a crack section, Digit is using third party software to solve the quiz.Digit should stick to policy of 'Not using third party software.'

Following is the way to solve Jan 2007 'Take a crack' que without third party app!

1)First open the notepad and copy following matter (between two horizontal lines) and name this file "Reboot Computer Into Safe Mode.bat" without quotes,save this file to any (your's choice) location.

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@Echo Off

:: StartInSafeMode.bat - by [piyush]
:: Sets Windows XP to boot in Safe Mode / Normal Mode

Echo.

Find "default=" C:\boot.ini > default
For /f "skip=2 tokens=2,3* delims== " %%i IN (default) DO @set default=%%i
For /F "tokens=5,6* skip=4 delims=: " %%i IN (C:\boot.ini) DO @set mode=%%k

If "%mode%" == "/safeboot:minimal" (
Echo Safe mode detected.
Goto setnormalmode
) Else (
Echo Normal mode detected.
Goto setsafemode
)
Goto end

:setsafemode
attrib C:\boot.ini -s -r -h
echo> C:\boot.ini [boot loader]
echo>> C:\boot.ini timeout=30
echo>> C:\boot.ini default=%default%
echo>> C:\boot.ini [operating systems]
echo>> C:\boot.ini %default%="Windows XP Safe Mode" /noexecute=alwaysoff /fastdetect /safeboot:minimal
Echo. Your PC is now set to start in Safe Mode.
attrib C:\boot.ini +h +r +s
Goto end

:setnormalmode
attrib C:\boot.ini -s -r -h
echo> C:\boot.ini [boot loader]
echo>> C:\boot.ini timeout=30
echo>> C:\boot.ini default=%default%
echo>> C:\boot.ini [operating systems]
echo>> C:\boot.ini %default%="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=alwaysoff /fastdetect
Echo. Your PC is now set to start normally.
attrib C:\boot.ini +h +r +s
Goto end

:end
Del default
Set mode=
Set default=

Echo.
Echo. Press [X] to close this window.
Pause > nul

Shutdown -r
Exit
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(2) Now suppose your windows xp is located in 'C' drive, then go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu ,here right click in the empty place & select New >Shortcut, then browse to 'Reboot Computer Into Safe Mode.bat' file (saved in 1 step) then click next here you may give shortcut name as 'Reboot Computer Into Safe Mode' or of your choice.
(YOU MAY DRAG & DROP 'Reboot Computer Into Safe Mode.bat' FILE IF YOU WISH.)

Now click start then click just created shortcut, 'Reboot Computer Into Safe Mode', Click 'X' TO reboot into safe mode. That's all! For booting into Normal mode again click start & then 'Reboot Computer Into Safe Mode',Click 'X',now your computer will once again reboot to Normal mode.

That's all!

READERS WILL DEFINATELY BENEFITED BY SOLVING & UNDERSTANDING SUCH EXERCISE by not using third party software.

Please comment.

THANK YOU.

the.kaushik · 09-02-2007, 07:58 AM

i did not checked.. but if this is working then its superb.. ya i too think that in case we can do without software we should go with it.. any way its a competition in digit and they will be publishing what users give.. its not that digit will claim prize for digit..