Tutor: Add Safe Mode To XP Boot Menu

[Gigacore]

Warning: If any Damage caused to you OS or to system, me and or digit forum is not responsible. So please do correctly as stated below.

Hope this was a TAKE a CRACK challenge of some isssue

Anyway, while I did my Using Recovery Console Tutor... i also came across this little tutor.

Well everytime when we want to enter safe mode, we keep-on tapping F8 key while booting until we get the Advanced Boot Options Menu. Instead, how about having the Safe Mode option in the XP boot menu itself ?.
So everytime when you switch on your system, you will be prompted to select Safe Mode or Normal Boot.

You need to edit a file called boot.ini, which is a hidden file in your OS drive.

You can also access this file by right clicking on My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Settings (Under: Startup and Recovery) > Edit.

Now do the following changes for corresponding changes:

To add Recovery Console to the Menu:

Add the following line below the list

C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Note: Here the drive 'C' referrs to the drive where you have installed OS.

So it must look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Note: The Highlighted shows the changes to be made.

To Add Safe Boot to the Menu:
If you have only one OS, i.e XP installed, then copy the line below the [operating system] and paste it below the the line you copied and edit the OS name like, "Safe boot" and add the following to end of that line.

/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog

Finally It must look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Note: The highlighted line shows the changes to be made.

Then Reboot your system.

Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

EDIT: And as usual i've attached a PDF file for members to read this offline!

IMPORTANT: Please copy the lines from the notepad file or PDF i've attached or just remove the space after u paste, because I dont know why a space is coming in "Micro soft"

Dont forget to read this threads too:
Tutor: Using The Recovery Console
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[freemurti]

Hi Intel_Gigacore,

Thats really helpful. Can you tell me how to do the same in Windows Vista?
Thanks.

[Gigacore]

^ welcome buddy,

but i dont have vista installed on my system. i've to try it on my friend's lappy, if he permits