How to Boot Windows 10 in Safe Mode (All Methods) 👨💻⚙️🛠️
👍 Watch how to enter safe mode in Windows 10. This mode is meant for troubleshooting of the operating system, but the range of Windows functions in it is very limited. Safe Mode should only be used if the system is blocked. There are several ways to start Windows 10 in safe mode.
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The first way is here: go to Start menu and select Settings. In the next window, go to Update and Security and choose Recovery. In the Recovery section, find Advanced Startup and click on Restart now. Then wait for Windows to restart. In the window of selecting your next step, click on Troubleshoot then on Advanced options and on Startup settings. Then Windows will tell you that the computer can be restarted with the use of advanced startup settings, and one of them is “Enable safe mode.” Then click on Restart. In the next window, press F4 and wait for the system to boot in safe mode.
The second way is this: press Windows + R on the keyboard and enter “msconfig.” Press Enter. In the Boot tab, check the box “Safe boot,” and make sure that the current operating system is selected; then choose one of the variants of safe boot (I recommend Minimal). Then click OK, and Safe Mode will be enabled after the next restart.
The third method is like this: if you system boots but you cannot log in (you see a lock screen). In such situation, press Power button and click on Restart while holding down Shift button on your keyboard. As you do that, follow the steps described in the first method after restarting Windows.
The fourth method: if your system won’t boot at all. For this method, you will need to use a boot disk or a flash drive with Windows 10 (if you don’t have them, you can create them on another PC) or a recovery drive (to learn how to create a recovery drive, watch the previous video). I will show you how to enter Safe Mode by using a recovery drive. To do it, go to BIOS or UEFI and make your computer boot from the recovery drive (in my case, it is EFI USB Device). Choose the English language, English keyboard layout, and click on Troubleshoot. In the next window, click on Advanced options / Command prompt. Type in the command prompt: “bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal” and press Enter. We can see that the operation is completed successfully. Now restart the computer, and Windows 10 will boot automatically in safe mode. To disable automatic booting in safe mode, login as administrator and go to command prompt (by pressing Windows + R) and enter “cmd.” In the command prompt, enter: “bcdedit /deletevalue {default} safeboot.” Press Enter. After the system restarts, Windows 10 will boot automatically in regular mode.
Thank you for your attention and good luck!
