One of the most common steps when troubleshooting a PC is to boot into safe mode, safe mode with networking. For a long time this has been achieved by pressing the F8 key for previous Windows Operating system, this all have changed with Windows 8 and its Automatic Repair mode. But the question remains what if we want to go into Safe Mode / Safe Mode With Networking?
You can still have Safe Mode, however, it is buried deep into the recovery options of Windows 8. While just mashing the F8 key as we all know will boot you into automatic recovery mode, you can still manually access the recovery options by pressing the Shift+F8 key combination or boot the computer to the desktop and from there you can launch safe mode. Let's see different ways of booting the computer in safe mode / safe mode with networking
Method 1
a) Hold the Shift button and Press the F8 key, this will sometimes boot you into the new advanced “recovery mode”, Click on advanced repair options.
b) Click on the Troubleshoot option (One more way to get the troubleshoot option is to hard shutdown the computer when the system is booting up).
c) Now select Advanced Options.
d) Now choose the Windows Startup Settings option
e) Finally hit the Restart button (For some system it may say "Windows Startup Setting" both are one and the same).
f) when your PC reboots you will be able to boot into Safe Mode from the familiar looking Advanced Boot Options screen (For System the screen may be blue) .
If you get the above screen you have to use arrow keys to select the options and press enter
If you get the above screen then you have press the number key on the keyboard (For Example: you want to go into safe mode with networking you have press Number "5" or "F5 on the keyboard)
Method 2
a) This method requires that you are able to booted into Windows. Press the Win+R key combination and type msconfig in the run box and hit enter.
b) Click on Boot
You can also choose the type of Safe Mode you want to boot into:
- Minimal is normal safe mode.
- Alternate Shell is safe mode with command prompt
- Network is safe mode with networking.
c) Once you have selected the option you will get the below screen click on don't show this message again and then click restart
d) You PC will be booted into Safe Mode automatically.
e) If you restart you PC you will just keep getting booted into Safe Mode, to stop this open msconfig again and uncheck the Safe Boot option, then hit the ok button (Please refer to step a & b).
f) Finally Restart your Machine know you should be able to boot the computer in Normal Mode.
Method 3
a) First use your finger to make a sliding motion from bottom to top on the illuminated screen in Modern UI, then click once All Applications. If you are using a mouse, please right click once All Applications.
b) Then on the command comprompt character use your finger to slide from top to bottom, and click once more Executable by system administrator. If you are using a mouse, click on the command prompt character and right click, then click once more Executable by system administrator.
c) If there is user account control, please click once yes.
d) Click to input Bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes,when completed press the Enter key on the keyboard. If you need to cancel the prompt to enter options at startup, simply change Yes to No.
e) Once completed, please restart your computer, then press F8 to enter setup screen upon startup, then press F4, F5, F6 or 4, 5, 6 to enter safe mode, Safe Mode With Networking, Safe Mode With Command Prompt.
Method 4
a) On the charms Bar click on "Setting"
b) Click on "Change PC Settings"
c) Under PC Setting first click on "General" . Once you click on general on the other side you will see Advanced Startup click on "Restart Now"
d) Click on the Troubleshoot option
e) Now select Advanced Options.
f) Now click on the Startup Settings option
g) Finally hit the Restart button (For some system it may say "Windows Startup Setting" both are one and the same).
h) when your PC reboots you will be able to boot into Safe Mode
If you get the above screen then you have press the number key on the keyboard (For Example: you want to go into safe mode with networking you have press Number "5" or "F5 on the keyboard)
Regards,
Paul Parackel
Email# info.transaircoms@gmail.com
CCNA / MCP / MCITP
