One of the most common steps when troubleshootinga PC is to boot into safe mode. For a long time this has been achieved by pressing the F8 key, this all changes with Windows 8 and its Automatic Repair mode. But what if we want Safe Mode? 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. Booting Into Safe Mode on Windows 8 The trick is to hold the Shift button and mash the F8 key, this will sometimes boot you into the new advanced “recovery mode”, where you can choose to see advanced repair options. You will need to click on the Troubleshoot option. Now select Advanced Options. Now choose the Windows Startup Settings option, by the looks of things we were never meant to find Safe Mode. Finally hit the Restart button. Like magic, when your PC reboots you will be able to boot into Safe Mode from the familiar looking Advanced Boot Options screen. @dmin - Jigar
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 05:30:31 +0000
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