How to Boot Windows 10 in Safe Mode ZDNet

　Safe Mode is a troubleshooting boot option that isolates problems caused by device drivers and other settings by starting Windows in a restricted configuration. By now, many of you may have noticed that Windows 10 no longer uses the standard procedure for booting into Safe Mode.

On Windows 10, it is no longer possible to press F8 at startup to display the black and white extended boot option menu screen and select safe mode. Microsoft has disabled F8 because UEFI-based computers boot so fast that no one can press F8 before Windows starts.

　Instead, the company has made it so that the Windows 10 startup settings menu will automatically start in the event that startup problems continue to occur. All Safe Mode options are available from this menu. In addition, as I mentioned in my previous article, you can always boot your system from the recovery drive and take advantage of the many recovery tools available.

　Nevertheless, there are situations where you have to manually boot into safe mode. Luckily, there's also a way to boot your system in Safe Mode from Settings. This article will walk you through the process in detail.

How to boot in safe mode

　The first step is to select "Settings" on the start menu or start screen. When the "Settings" screen appears, select the "Update & Security" tile, then select the "Recovery" tab. Then click the "Restart now" button in the "Customize how your PC starts" section in Figure A.

When the system restarts, the "Choose an option" screen will be displayed. This screen is similar to what you see if you boot from the recovery drive. Now click on the "Troubleshooting" tile, as shown in Figure B.

Then, the "Troubleshooting" screen shown in Figure C will be displayed, so select the "Advanced options" tile.

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