Hey, guys, Welcome back to Every PC Solution. Today we will talk about what is safe mode, why we need to boot in safe mode, how to boot Windows in safe mode. We will cover almost every question in this article, so let's start this process without wasting any time.
What is Safe mode in Windows?
Safe mode in Windows provides basic windows functions required to run Windows. It does not load any kind of driver in Windows. safe mode helps to identify what is the issue and where is it from like if you are getting any kind of blue screen, then it helps to know whether the problem is from Windows updates or any kind of default applications or from the other third-party drivers or applications
Why do we need to boot in Safe mode?
We need a safe mode for many purposes. If the Operating System cannot boot up or behave abnormally, there is an option to solve or repair it called safe mode. It helps a user to use or recover files in case of emergency if Windows not booting and you need to access personal information on C drive, so the question is, how can we start Windows 10 safe mode?
Let's talk about Booting into Safe mode
Starts Windows 10 in safe mode
There are many methods of doing this here. We will see and discuss all the methods of booting Windows 10 and 8 into safe mode. Getting into safe mode is easy enough. You just need to follow the steps. Let's start with entering into safe mode from going into the settings.
All the steps that are used to enter in safe mode for Windows 10 are also valid for Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 11
- Entering in safe mode from the settings app
The easiest method of booting into safe mode is using the settings application preinstalled in every Windows computer. To boot into safe mode, just follow the steps listed below:
- Open settings apps and then go to update and security (update and recovery for Windows 8 users)
- After that, click on the Recovery tab from the settings, then under the advanced option, click on Restart now
- It will restart your Computer to choose options. From there, click on Troubleshoot option.
- From the following menu, click on Advanced Options, then startup settings from the menu. Click on restart
- This will restart your computer and open a new Windows with startup settings. Press the 4 or F4 key to boot in windows or 5 or F5.
Entering in safe mode using keyboard keys
If you are unable to boot in safe mode using settings, then don't worry. There are many other ways to do this. Just follow the steps listed below:
- All you have to do is hold down your shift key and restart your computer. It will bring up Window asking to Choose an option as in the above method
- from there, just click on Troubleshoot button then from the following menu click on Advanced options.
- Then Startup settings after the menu appear to click on restart your PC will restart and bring up a menu with Startup settings
- just press the 4 or F4 key to boot in safe mode or if you want to use the internet in the safe mode, then press the 5 or F5 key it will boot up your computer in the safe mode
Depending upon the settings used to boot in safe mode, the internet may or may not work if you choose only to enable safe mode. It will not load wifi drivers.
How to enter into safe mode if windows show a black or blank screen?
If you are getting the blank screen and want to boot to solve this problem, you have to forcefully enter into the safe mode. To do this, simply follow these easy steps to boot into windows.
- First of all, power off your device if you have turned it on.
- Now power it on, and when you see Windows Logo, press and hold the power button for about 10 seconds to turn off your computer forcefully. Repeat the process until you see a message below the windows logo saying papering automatic repair wait for it to complete.
- When the Windows repair is finished, it shows you a message saying windows could not repair your pc (something like this). Ignore the message. From that, you see two options: Advanced Options and the other is to shut down your PC. Just click on Advanced Options
- From the menu, choose an option, click on troubleshoot, then a new menu pops up there click on Advanced Options from that menu, click on startup settings after that, finally click on the restart to restart and out-put an option saying to select any way to boot your PC from that menu Click
Now let's talk about how to get back from the safe mode into standard Windows. To do this, follow the simple steps:
- Simply do a normal restart, and after that, you can log in to your Windows without safe mode
- If simple restarting did not help you, there is also another method for exiting the Windows. To boot into standard Windows, press the Win key + r button simultaneously and type MSConfig and open the application
- from that switch to boot tab and from their unselect safe mode option and then restart your computer
I hope that all the methods work for you and you and successfully booted into safe mode, and this article helps you in your wrong time