safe mode

[man u fan]

hi hoping someone can help me im trying to start my computer in safe mode but its not working im running windows xp when i hit f8 all that comes up is select a boot first device ,removable .hard disk .cdrom. network ,i tried hard disk but it just started the computer . someone loaded pl*tte med*a onto my computer and i need to remove it ,thanks in advance

[smoggy]

have a look at my post in this thread
Windows Safe Mode

[man u fan]

Originally Posted by smoggy

have a look at my post in this thread
Windows Safe Mode

thanks for reply believe me i did i tried i even went to run but all that came up was a small box i tried writing in that but it just says doesnt exist

[smoggy]

in the box did you type msconfig without any errors
and what was it saying doesn't exist the msconfig command or the run command

[HappyH]

Any chance there's a virus on your pc preventing it booting up in safe mode? Just a thought....
HH.

[smoggy]

the msconfig.exe resides in the windows system 32 folder
in windows explorer go to C:Windows/system 32 and in that folder there should be a file msconfig.exe
double click it to execute it and it should open the system configuration box,unless something is sadly amiss

[man u fan]

Originally Posted by smoggy

the msconfig.exe resides in the windows system 32 folder
in windows explorer go to C:Windows/system 32 and in that folder there should be a file msconfig.exe
double click it to execute it and it should open the system configuration box,unless something is sadly amiss

sorry it took so long to reply i finally got it and got rid of that pl*tte a/c tanks to everyone for there help much appreciated