X300: Partition Magic 8 needs Windos XP safe mode

Hi I have the following setup: ThinkPad X300 6477-1RG, Win XP, and I want to use Partition Magic 8 to add extra partitions on my disc. Partition magic comes back with the notorious error#27, during start-up, which just means that there are other processes running locking disc access. See for example here: http://www.mcmcse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=+15682
After reading all the relevant information available on the web to this problem it boils down to the question how to start-up in Win XP 'safe mode', since, without a floppy drive one cannot start-up PM8 during booting!
So here is my question: How can I start-up XP in "safe-mode" or in an equivalent mode without all the ThinkVantage recovery etc. processes coming in my way??? Disabeling all processes and automatic start-ups from msconfig is not sufficient!!!
Many thanks for any hints on this issue!

I've had Thinkpads since they were introduced and have been using Partition Magic to create logical drives for ten years without any problems. However with my new X300, I ran into the same Error 27 - Cannot Lock Drive.
First a little review about Partition Magic. There's two steps. First, run the Wizard to make the instructions to create the partitions, and then in Step 2 the system reboots and writes the changes in DOS before WIndows loads.. That's where the Error 27 pops up.
There's definitely a problem with F8 bringing up Safe Mode, which seriously needs to be addressed. I got Safe Mode one time in about 25-30 attempts, and don't know what the secret was. If you press too early or too long, you get "Stuck Key - hit F1." If you hit too late, it doesn't go into Safe Mode and also aborts the PM writing in DOS. (Press any key to abort.)
What finally worked:
In Run / msconfig / check BOOT.INI / SAFEBOOT - but don’t hit Restart until the PM Wizard is ready
Run the PM Wizard
At this point there are two “Restart” options - one from Wizard, the other from the System Configuration Utility - I don’t know which I hit. However, when it rebooted, it successfully wrote the instructions without any errors.
Also, as to the PM Wizard, I choose NOT to “move” the Lenovo Service partition, although that was the “recommended” move. This is because the "recommended" move required the Service partition to be moved, which I figured might not be desirable since the Lenovo configuration was designed to protect the Service partition. I have no idea whether this was necessary.
What also did not work: Booting with PM's Recovery Diskettes did not work because the PM Wizard did not offer the option of creating partitions, only moving and resizing them.
Thanks to Bananaman for the reminder about BOOT.INI / SAFEBOOT.
Now we have to flatten the problem with F8 -- BOOT.INI / SAFEBOOT is useless if you can't boot your machine.

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Here's what worked: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184
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