Friend has a problem.

In short:

Starts up PC, works fine.
Goes for a dump, comes back to a BSOD.
Whenever he boots up, it gives him the option of safe mod, but the arrow keys don't work.

There isn't much more info I can tell you since I haven't been to his house. But if anyone has any ideas, avoiding a reformat (He wants to keep a lot of stuff), then I'd be grateful. The only thing I know is that he had less than 1gb of hard drive space left if that helps at all?

Regards,

How about the TAB key, if that's still working he should be able to tab to the safe mode.
Which windows by the way?

I believe it's XP pro with SP1 only.

Keypad arrow keys don't work, either? (Never tried using them on a safe mode boot up, doesn't hurt to try though.)

Any number of things could be wrong with your friend's computer (spyware, virud, bad driver, bad memory, etc.) Ask if your friend installed anything recently, which antivirus/antispyware, you get the picture.

Try a different KB perhaps?? Seems odd that the arrow keys are not working in the boot menu. Does the KB work in the BIOS?

Z