

I'm extra grateful as I'm in the middle of job hunting and being without a computer is really not an option right now! I have an HP and F8 and F9 took me to a specialist HP menu. I had to press F2 and F11 and that eventually brought up the menu. Thank you so much for sharing this information. Personally I find it quite complicated, but you might find it helpful. He also has endless other links to other pages where he explains things in bits and pieces.

Or else you can go to where this technical dude explains how you access safe mode in 6 different ways. Like clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick until the troubleshoot page comes up. Then you click on the power button again, and the moment the computer starts up you need to immediately hold down the shift button while jamming F8 repeatedly nonstop. You need to first click on the power off button for a long time so that the computer shuts down completely. However, it is still possible if you do it really quickly. Yeah, I know it's frustrating as I had problems accessing the Advanced Startup Options page, and the reason why is because Windows 8 doesn't rely on it anymore.
