At that point I am making user nothing on USB is plugged in, the BIOS is at defaults as well as test boots on USB memory sticks. I have 4 versions of LiveOSes from Linux to Windows.

This sounds like a blown Windows. So blown that Safe Mode fails. I wrote about Linux and no learning required long ago. You can get a newer version.

Read http://tips.oncomputers.info/archives2004/0401/2004-Jan-11.htm