To do so type in msconfig from the search box or Cortana search or you can also type in system configuration to get to the same place. If your computer is usable you can go into System Configuration and set it to boot into Safe Mode on the next restart. To get into Safe Mode in Windows 10 there are a couple of ways you can do so. In earlier versions of Windows you would reboot and repeatedly tap the F8 key until you got the Safe Mode menu where you could select which Safe Mode option you wanted to boot into. Safe Mode is still a viable option when it comes to diagnosing problems with Windows but you don’t get there the same was as you did before. Back in the old days when your computer wouldn’t start you needed to boot to the Windows disk or Safe Mode (if you could get there) and try and diagnose what the problem was.
Learn about Windows 10 Safe Mode and recovery optionsĪs Microsoft makes advancements with each version of Windows they tend to make changes in the way things are done and sometimes it seems like they are making some of these changes just to make things different to justify having and upgrade! One thing they have changed for the better are the options to recover your computer or fix it when it won’t boot up.
