On Mon, 24 May 2021 10:58:41 -0500, Brandon wrote:

Windows XP boots right to the Windows splash screen without giving me
the chance to access anything with the F8 key or any other key. I
cannot get into Safe Mode, or change the boot order if I wanted to.

I already had it set to boot from a CD or DVD, so I'm okay there.

My Acronis Boot CD will boot fine, allowing me to access my save
Acronis images of my C: drive.

Anybody got an idea of how to fix this puzzlemenet?

I just used a Kaspersky Rescue disk to boot my computer. It was made a
few years back when I had Kaspersky AV on the machine. It also booted
right to the Windows XP splash screen. I was hoping it would show me
the boom menu. Nope.