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Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:48 PM
Hi all,
Due to some files I can not delete and always show that file is in use, I need to boot the windows 2008 VM to the safe mode to delete these files. Is there a way to boot the VM into the safe mode?
Thank you.
All replies (7)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:31 PM ✅Answered | 1 vote
Hi John,
you can configure this in "msconfig.exe" -> "Boot" -> Check "Safe Mode" and level.
Or you can use bcdedit via command line to set the parameter "/safeboot:minimal" at the end of the OS which you want to boot into safe mode. Do not have the full command handy for now but an "bcdedit /set /?" should help you here....
Hope that helps
Regards
Ramazan
Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:33 PM ✅Answered | 1 vote
+ did you had tried F8 immediately after the BIOS has initialized, this should also work.
Regards
Ramazan
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:13 PM
That worked for me. My issue is I cant log into VM. No method of CTRL+ALT+DEL (END) will launch the log in screen.
Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:38 AM
Pressing F8 did work for me, but initially the VM booted to fast to accept my keyboard input.
Solved the issue by inserting a boot CD in the host and configuring the VM to boot from the physical CD/DVD drive. The VM was now waiting for keyboard confirmation, so I simply by-passed the CD boot and selected to boot from the hard drive.
When the VM rebooted, I quickly pressed F8 and this time it worked.
(For the record: I used Hiren's boot CD).
Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:43 PM
why not just mount the VM VHD and delete the file
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 1:47 PM
After Restore machine goes to blue screen, as i am aware that need to change network setting in safe mode, but after hyper-v virtual machine start (windows 2008 R2) i try to press F8 without sucess. Let me know any option is there.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 1:48 PM
After Restore machine goes to blue screen, as i am aware that need to change network setting in safe mode, but after hyper-v virtual machine start (windows 2008 R2) i try to press F8 without sucess. Let me know any option is there.