If you notice that your PC has been having many problems and/or errors lately, and neither you nor it can figure out the cause, this article will teach you how to access Windows 10 's safe mode.
What is Windows 10 Safe Mode?
Windows 10's Safe Mode , also known as "safety mode," is one of the operating system's most useful tools, available to help you troubleshoot and locate errors on your PC. When the OS starts in Safe Mode, it only boots with the essential drivers and software necessary for your computer to function. Therefore, any other programs or drivers will not work, including internet features; this last point, of course, applies unless you start "Safe Mode with Networking."
In the event that your pc is having many failures and you and she are unable to find the problem, it is best to start the safe mode. If when you turn on your computer again with this mode, it does so without any problem, this then means that none of the programs or drivers by default are the cause of the error; so it must be a file that you have installed that is affecting the operation of your computer.
On the contrary, if starting the computer in safe mode, there are also errors; then it means that it is a problem of the pc itself and not of some foreign program. Depending on the severity of the issue, just use the same Windows troubleshooter to correct it; in more serious cases, it will require a mandatory reinstallation of the operating system again.
Types of "Safe Mode"
When starting Windows 10 in Safe Mode , you'll have three versions available. The first is standard Safe Mode, without internet access or other features; the second is Safe Mode with Networking, which allows you to use the internet if needed to search for information or download programs or applications to troubleshoot the problem; the last version of Safe Mode includes the Command Prompt, also known as "cmd," which allows you to enter and execute commands from within this mode.
Depending on what you need and if you know what to do, then one mode will be more useful and helpful than the other; so that you can solve the problem of your pc.
How to access or boot into safe mode?
In previous versions of the OS, to be able to access it, it was enough to press F8 when our pc started to boot; just like when we wanted to access the BIOS of the computer. However, in Windows 10, this has changed a bit and we have new alternatives to enter Safe mode.
If you have entered safe mode and then don't know how to exit it, we recommend that you visit the following article: How to exit safe mode?
Next, we'll tell you about the various alternatives available so you can learn how to enter Windows 10 safe mode.
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From the settings menu to access Windows Safe Mode
In this case, we will start the safe mode, with our PC turned on and started normally; what we will do is go to «Settings»; that is, at the beginning and clicking on the gear; You can also access it from the "Win + I" keyboard shortcut.
When the configuration dialog box opens, we select the option "Update and security"; once inside this section, we will click on «Recovery». Already within this section, we select the option that says "Restart now", this in the "Advanced startup" section.
Our pc is going to restart, but instead of starting normally, it will show us a screen with multiple options; so that we can boot into safe mode. We are going to click on the following options: Troubleshoot> Advanced Options> Startup Settings and, finally, Restart.
The computer is going to restart one more time and now, they will show us other options; If we want safe mode without internet we will press 4 or F4, in case we want safe mode with internet options 5 or F5.
In this way, we will have our PC started in Windows 10 safe mode, and be able to work on it in this state.
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Accessing from the home screen
This alternative is in case your computer starts up, but cannot start completely and stays during the session start; so that we can access safe mode in this case, we will do the following:
We are going to click on the shutdown option and then on "Restart"; The important thing about this is that when you click on the option that we told you, you must do it by holding the «shift» key. When we do this, our PC will restart and show us the same screen as in the previous alternative; from here, we perform the same steps to start in safe mode.
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Access safe mode, if our computer does not start
If the problem is very serious, our PC will not start, nor will it reach the home screen; the procedure will then be a bit more complicated than normal. For this we will have to start in the "Recovery Mode" of Windows 10.
This procedure will be described to you through an informative video so that you can see it more clearly and in detail; as trying to explain it in words could cause some other error.