Windows 8 Safe Mode – How to Boot Windows 7 / 8 / and 8.1 into Safe Mode

Windows 8 Safe Mode – How to Boot Windows 7 / 8 / and 8.1 into Safe Mode

Even pros sometimes find it challenging to boot windows 8 into safe mode, this does include other versions like the windows 7 and windows 8.1. During the development of windows 8 one of the goals of the developers is to have a system that boots very fast, by circumventing some procedures. Windows was able to achieve this feat, however the usual command F8 for booting to safe mode by the former versions does not really respond though you can make it happen.

What is Safe Mode

Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode that allows you to use Windows with basic drivers. If you are having errors or software problems in Windows 8, restarting in Safe Mode can allow you to continue working and troubleshoot the problem. When in Safe Mode, no extra software is loaded, so troubleshooting software and driver problems is much easier.

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style="text-decoration: underline;">Windows 8 safe mode now resides inside the core of the operating system; the recovery option. There are few methods to achieve this. The easiest are the following.

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2. You can also restart you system holding the shift key down, when booting commences press the F8 key, this works well on slow systems.

Let get down to business, the windows 8 safe mode boot option you choose will depend on the nature and severity of the challenge you are facing. We would highlight some of the methods here.

Windows 8 and 8.1 Safe Mode Boot – Method One

To begin, swipe you mouse to the right upper corner of your screen.

• Select settings, the Last choice below reads change PC settings, select.
• Click “General” -> Select “Advanced startup” -> Click “Restart now”

Once restart concludes you will see a new user interface.

• Click on troubleshoot, usually the second option.
• After this click “Advanced Options”
• Click start up settings, then click restart.
• A dialog box will pop up with the following information.
• For safe mode choose between the option 4 – 6

The appropriate choice will open windows 8 and 8.1 in safe mode.

Understanding Safe Mode Option 4, 5 and 6

The options can also be achieved by pressing F4, F5 and F6

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Windows 8 and 8.1 Safe Mode Boot – Method Two

If you can run windows normally, you can use the msconfig utility.

In the search bar, type cmd and press enter, after type in msconfig. This will bring up the msconfig tab, or press Win+R to get the Run dialog. Type msconfig, then press enter.

In the Boot tab, checkclass="Apple-converted-space"> Safe boot, followed by the type of Safe Mode that you want to achieve. Hit Apply. Restart again to enter safe mode.

Other Methods to boot to safe mode include:

Boot from a System Recovery CD/DVD

Boot from a System Recovery Memory Stick

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class="listItem">class="para">If you don’t have installation media, use the power button to restart your computer three times. This will start the Windows Recovery Environment.

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