I am trying to start my laptop (xp home edition) in safe mode but it doesn't ever give me the menu to choose that option. I have tried restarting over and over but no matter how many times i hold down F8 key nothing happens... it starts to go to the black screen.. flickers a cursor for a couple of seconds...looks as if it's attempting to get there.. but then starts up windows as usual. Does anyone have any suggestions or input as to how to do this?