Recovering After a Crash
If you've installed a criminally faulty driver or program, and Windows won't bootperhaps greeting you with a black screen (symbolizing thick smoke) instead of the Windows logoyou can invoke the Windows startup menu to recover from catastrophe. This menu takes a little fancy fingerwork to bring up.To use the startup menu:
1. Restart your computer.2. When the computer startup messages finish (and before the Windows XP screen appears), tap the F8 key repeatedly until the Windows Advanced Options menu appears (Figure 19.35 ).
Figure 19.35. If Windows won't boot, this screen gives you an excellent chance of recovering.
