The Safe boot option on the System Configuration screenĮncrypt and password-protect external drives with USBCrypt encryption software for Windows 11,10,8. Select the Boot tab on the System Configuration screen, and then select the Safe boot box: First, open the System Configuration utility of Windows (you can find it easily on the Start menu, under Windows Administrative Tools). What if you want Windows to keep booting into the safe mode every time, without going through the long sequence of the option screens every time? (You may need to do that if you are troubleshooting some especially difficult case of a misbehaving program). When you are done using the safe mode, just restart Windows, and it should boot into its normal mode, as usual, without any additional intervention from you.
You should see the text "Safe Mode" displayed in each corner of the desktop:Ī part of the Windows 8 desktop in the safe mode The screen may be black, the desktop icons may be moved, and so on. The screen of Windows 8 that offers the safe mode optionsĬhoose the desired safe mode option, and after a few seconds Windows 8 should boot into the safe mode! Be prepared to see some things not as they used to be: in the safe mode, Windows loads only the most basic components, to keep the running processes to a minimum. Press Restart on this screen, and after a few seconds we should (almost) reach the destination: the screen that finally lets us select one of the safe mode options: Select Startup settings there, and see yet another screen (are we still counting?) The Advanced startup options of Windows 8 Select Advanced options there to see yet another screen of choices: To continue booting in the safe mode, select the middle option, Troubleshoot, and be presented with another screen of options: Now press the Shift key, and while keeping it depressed, click on Restart (and release the Shift key, as well.) In a few moments Windows should prompt you what to do next: (You can usually get to this menu by moving the mouse into the top-right corner, wating for the "charms" to appear, selecting "PC Settings" and finally clicking on "Power".) Wait for Windows to start as usual, and then open the menu that contains the Restart command, but don't select it yet.
If Windows does not want to recognize your Shift+F8 keys, don't despair: there is another way. In Windows 8 and 10, you are supposed to be able to press the Shift+F8 key combination to achieve a similar effect, except that the window of opportunity for the Shift+F8 keys is much shorter now and it may take you a few restart attempts to press it at just the right time. The safe mode options screen in Windows 7Įncrypt and password-protect files with Encryptability encryption software for Windows 11,10,8. With a bit of luck, Windows would detect the F8 key and display the black-and-white start menu:
Prior to Windows 8, the procedure of restarting Windows in the safe mode was relatively straightforward: you would restart the computer, and then you would keep pressing the F8 key, about once every half second, before Windows begins to boot.