On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the safe mode option you want, and then press Enter. Safe Mode with Networking. Starts Windows in safe mode and includes the network drivers and services needed to access the Internet or other computers on your network. Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Starts Windows in safe mode with a command prompt window instead of the usual Windows interface. This option is intended for IT professionals and administrators.
Enable Boot Logging. Creates a file, ntbtlog. Starts Windows using your current video driver and using low resolution and refresh rate settings. You can use this mode to reset your display settings. For more information, see Change your screen resolution. Last Known Good Configuration advanced.
Starts Windows with the last registry and driver configuration that worked successfully. Directory Services Restore Mode. Starts Windows domain controller running Active Directory so that the directory service can be restored. Debugging Mode. Starts Windows in an advanced troubleshooting mode intended for IT professionals and system administrators. Disable automatic restart on system failure. Prevents Windows from automatically restarting if an error causes Windows to fail.
Choose this option only if Windows is stuck in a loop where Windows fails, attempts to restart, and fails again repeatedly. Disable Driver Signature Enforcement. Allows drivers containing improper signatures to be installed. Start Windows Normally. Starts Windows in its normal mode. Advanced startup options including safe mode Windows 7 More If you want to know all the methods you can use to start Windows 10 in Safe Mode , read this tutorial to the end.
First, we cover what to do when you can no longer log into Windows 10 and then what you can do when you log in to Windows If you cannot log into Windows 10, read methods 1 to 4. If you can log in to Windows 10, read methods 5 to 8. The last method works only on computers with older hardware. If you cannot log into Windows 10, but you can get to the sign-in screen , press and hold the SHIFT key on the keyboard.
With this key still pressed, click or tap the Power button and, in the menu that opens, click Restart. On the Advanced options screen, choose Startup Settings.
Depending on your Windows 10 computer, you may not see this option at first. Windows 10 says that you can restart your device to change advanced boot options, including enabling Safe Mode. Press Restart. After Windows 10 restarts one more time, you can choose which boot options you want to be enabled.
To get into Safe Mode , you have three different options:. Log into Windows 10 Safe Mode with a user account with administrator permissions, and perform the changes you want. If Windows 10 fails to boot normally three times over, the fourth time, it enters by default in an Automatic Repair mode. Using this mode, you can boot into Safe Mode. To trigger the Automatic Repair mode, you must interrupt the normal boot process three consecutive times: use the Restart or the Power button on your Windows 10 PC to stop it during boot, before it finishes loading Windows If you use the Power button, you might have to keep it pressed for at least 4 seconds to force the power off.
Then, you may be asked to choose an account to continue. Choose an account that has administrator permissions. Next, type the password of the selected administrator user account. If you are not prompted for this information, skip to the next step. From here on, the steps you have to take are the same as those shown in the first method from this guide. Then, boot your broken Windows 10 PC from it and wait for the installation environment to load.
Choose the language and keyboard layout you prefer and click or tap Next. Log in with a user account that has administrator permissions, and perform the changes you want. In Windows 10, you can create a system recovery USB drive. Once you have created a USB recovery drive, use it to boot your Windows 10 PC or device and, when you are asked to load its content, do so. The first screen asks you to choose the layout for the keyboard. If you can log in to Windows 10, one of the easiest methods to boot into Safe Mode is to use the System Configuration tool, which users know by its file name: msconfig.
In the System Configuration window, click or tap the Boot tab. Finally, click or tap OK.
