This page is describing how to boot in Safe Mode when Windows 10 is installed on the machine and the user cannot access the login screen.
Open Command Prompt
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Boot from Windows 10 installation disk (or repair disk)
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Select your language and keyboard (or just click on Next)
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Sele ct Repair your computer
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Select Troubleshoot
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Select Advanced options
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And finally Command Prompt
Set Safemode
With Command Prompt open, execute the correct bcdedit command as shown below based
on which Safe Mode option you’d like to start:
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Safe Mode:
bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal -
Safe Mode with Networking:
bcdedit /set {default} safeboot network -
Safe Mode with Command Prompt:
bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal bcdedit /set {default} safebootalternateshell yes
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Tip
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Be sure to type whatever command you choose exactly as shown and then execute it using the Enter key. Spaces are very important! Two separate commands are required to start Safe Mode with Command Prompt, so be sure to execute them both. |
A properly executed bcdedit command should return the following message:
The operation completed successfully
If you see any of the following messages, be sure tha you have typed the commands properly
The parameter is incorrect The set command specified is not valid ... is not recognized as an internal or external command...
Reboot
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Close the Command Prompt window.
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Tap or click on Continue.
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Once Windows starts, log in as you normally do and use Safe Mode however you were planning.
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Important
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Windows will continue to start in Safe Mode every time you reboot unless you undo safe mode. See next section for more details. |
Stopping Safe Mode at next restart
The easiest way to do that is not by executing more commands, but via System Configuration. See How to Start Windows in Safe Mode Using System Configuration and follow steps 8 through 11 in that tutorial.
If Windows is stuck in a sort of "Safe Mode Loop," preventing you from starting in normal mode again, and you’ve tried the instructions I gave in the Important call-out from Step 8 above but haven’t been successful, try this:
Start Command Prompt from outside of Windows, the process outlined in Steps 1 and 2 above. Once Command Prompt is open, execute this command: bcdedit /deletevalue {default} safeboot Assuming it was successfully executed (see Step 4 above), restart your computer and Windows should then start normally.