Adding SafeBoot to the Boot Menu

You can add Safeboot as an option to the normal XP boot screen

-Open a command prompt
-Copy the current c:\boot.ini to another name (just in case)
-With your favorite text editor, edit c:\boot.ini
-Copy then edit the current boot line to another line. For example:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect



might copy and then change to:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Safeboot" /fastdetect
-Start MSCONFIG
-Click on the BOOT.INI tab
-Highlight the second line with the additional name of Safeboot
-Check the /SAFEBOOT box with option you want
Minimal - Minimal set of drivers
Network - With Network Support
Dsrepair - Directory Services Repair
Minimal (Alternate Shell) - Standard Explorer Desktop
-You will now have this option every time you start XP