How To Boot Into Windows 8 Safe Mode

by: Dako Box
Troubleshooting a Windows based PC has many steps. You may try System Restore if you need, or play around with MSConfig utility, or try system recovery, depending on the nature of problem that you’re facing. Among all the commonly-used troubleshooting steps, Safe Mode is one of the most frequently-used ones. Booting your computer up in Safe Mode is something you’d always try if facing some issue with normal start up, even if you don’t know much about what you’re doing. This has been the norm for PC users for years, until Windows 8, where the Safe Mode went missing all of a sudden. Similar to wireless ad-hoc connection in Windows 8, it’s not like this start up mode has been taken out; it’s just been buried deep, and requires some steps to be activated. In this post, we’ll guide you how to boot up a Windows 8 PC in Safe Mode. There are two approaches to getting Safe Mode in Windows 8. Either you will have a machine that can boot up normally, where it’s much easier to get into Safe Mode, or you will have a computer that is failing to reboot in normal mode, where you will have to rely on Windows 8’s Recovery Console to get the said mode.

Way # 1

1. First of all moment in Windows the Start Screen, type Advanced startup and click Settings. 2. Go to the bottom and looking for Advanced startup, if already found him click Restart Now.

3. After that will come the 3 menu, choose Troubleshoot.

 

 4. In the Troubleshoot menu, select Advanced Options.

 

5. Then select the Advanced options in the Startup Settings. No sooner then click Restart.

6. There are 3 Safe Mode options that you can choose:
• Enable Safe Mode: If you choose to use it, you will be using with windows files, drivers and softwarew minimal.

• Enable Safe Mode with Networking: if you choose to use it, you will use safe mode with networking functionality.
• Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt: You will enter an immediate opening windows with command prompt.

Way #2
Booting Into Safe Mode When Windows Is Running Normally
In this case, all you need to do is make some changes through the MSConfig utility, and the next boot will get the PC up and running in Safe Mode.
Step 1: Press Win+R to get the Run dialog. Type “msconfig” (without the quotes) and launch the utility.
Step 2: In the Boot tab, check Safe boot, followed by the type of Safe Mode that you want to achieve. Hit Apply

That’s it – when you reboot your machine afterwards, it will start up in Safe Mode.
A noteworthy mention at this point is the fact that with this setting, the system will ALWAYS boot up in Safe Mode. If you want to get back to the normal operation, just launch msconfig again, and uncheck the Safe boot option. The next (and subsequent) restarts will get you back to normal Windows 8 environment.