How to Boot a Windows 10 PC in Safe Mode
Posted: August 08, 2017
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In just about every instance, when a Windows computer is having issues, the first step to fixing it is Safe Mode. While Safe Mode has never really been easy to boot to, conventional methods rarely work in Windows 10. Fortunately, there's a trick to boot into Safe Mode, if you're still able to boot into Windows.
Lincoln Spector, writer for PC World, shares how to boot a computer in safe mode.
Sometimes you have to boot into Windows' stripped-down Safe Mode. But with Windows 10, that gets complicated.
When you’re having issues with a Windows computer, one of the first steps to troubleshooting is to boot into Windows’ Safe Mode. Safe Mode is a simple, stripped-down version of the operating system, loading only the most essential files and drivers. It’s a way of eliminating as many variables as possible, and to ensure that the issue doesn’t originate at this most basic level. This is a great place to scan for malware, for instance.
But the old-fashioned way to get into Safe Mode—booting the PC and pressing F8 at the exact right moment—seldom works on PCs running Windows 10. These techniques will.
If you can successfully boot into Windows, booting into Safe Mode is relatively easy—if you know the trick.
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