The easiest and sureest way is have one finger on the power button and one finger on the F8 key. As soon as you hit the power button just start pumping away at the F8 key. This will bring up the safe mode option..... if it does not there is a problem with your computer which could lead to more serious problems down the road.
For what are you trying to use Safe Mode and what operating system?
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