Is THere a Safe Mode in Windows 8

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Mark Ammons

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I have question Does Windows 8 have a Safe Mode and were do I find it. the reason I ask this is because I have tried going into Safe Mode in Windows 8 by hitting the F8 key so I could run my virus scanner to see if there are any virus that it may not be finding under normal mode. But when I reboot my computer and try going into safe mode in Windows 8 nothing happens. IS THERE A SAFE MODE?
 

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HippsieGypsie said:
Welcome to EightForums, Mark.

It needs to be added to boot menu.

Safe Mode - Add to Windows Boot Manager in Windows 8
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Another way to do this is as followed and you don't need to edit anything. Next time you reboot, it'll be back to Normal boot:

Win+C->Settings ->Hold down SHIFT key and click on Power->restart
Next, Trouble Shoot->Advanced Options->Startup Settings then click on Restart
PC will reboot with different boot options, Type a number associated with menu item.
 
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msconfig

You can type msconfig in the Run box & click ok to get the window below with some boot options---

That’s it – when you reboot your machine afterwards, it will start up in Safe Mode.
A noteworthy mention at this point is the fact that with this setting, the system will ALWAYS boot up in Safe Mode. If you want to get back to the normal operation, just launch msconfig again, and uncheck the Safe boot option. The next (and subsequent) restarts will get you back to the normal Windows 8 environment.
 

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Mark Ammons said:
I have question Does Windows 8 have a Safe Mode and were do I find it. the reason I ask this is because I have tried going into Safe Mode in Windows 8 by hitting the F8 key so I could run my virus scanner to see if there are any virus that it may not be finding under normal mode. But when I reboot my computer and try going into safe mode in Windows 8 nothing happens. IS THERE A SAFE MODE?
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Welcome to EightForums.

Why not run your AntiVirus scanner from the bootable CD?
 

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There is a Safe Mode in Windows 8, accessible like others have said.

The reason why it's not like Windows 7's set up for safe mode is simply because the chances of you needing to go into that mode is like 1 in every 100 boots. Windows 8 was designed for fast and secure booting styles, so that gap between the BIOS POST and Windows' boot isn't too accessible anymore.

But if you get to the point where you can't actually boot into Windows to restart to Safe Mode, just boot up your PC, kill it right before the boot starts, and repeat once or twice. That will send it into the Automatic Repair loop where you should be able to choose the Advanced Boot options after the Automatic Repair says it can't fix the problem.
 

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Get back legacy safe mode access win 8

:dinesh:
Run Command prompt as Admin and type (copy/paste the following line):

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
press enter

F8 will now work as it used to. No need to do all the other stuff.

to revert:

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy standard
:party:
 

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MaryAmanda said:
:dinesh:
Run Command prompt as Admin and type (copy/paste the following line):

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
press enter

F8 will now work as it used to. No need to do all the other stuff.

to revert:

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy standard
:party:
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Hello Mary, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Yep, that allows you to use F8 for "Advanced Boot Options" in Windows 8, but it also disables the new Windows 8 GUI boot menu.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5245-startup-options-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html
 

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Brink said:
MaryAmanda said:
:dinesh:
Run Command prompt as Admin and type (copy/paste the following line):

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
press enter

F8 will now work as it used to. No need to do all the other stuff.

to revert:

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy standard
:party:
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Hello Mary, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Yep, that allows you to use F8 for "Advanced Boot Options" in Windows 8, but it also disables the new Windows 8 GUI boot menu.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5245-startup-options-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html
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Perhaps that varies by system, because for me it hasn't.
 

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In effect, does it actually matter?

Brink said:
Nope, it's that way for all Windows 8 systems.

Perhaps you may have changed something else. Could you post a screenshot showing the command prompt after typing bcdedit and pressing Enter?

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5245-startup-options-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html



Windows 8 GUI Boot Menu



Legacy Windows Boot Manager
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Interesting.

Because my first few times rebooting (with safe mode as a boot option), after making that change (to legacy), resulted in having the Win 8 GUI boot menu. But that's in a VM where I do all sorts of crazy experimentation.

Then inexplicably it stopped and only loaded the text version. However, NOW I've disabled the boot menu since I don't really like it...particularly since I don't have other OSes.

So, I've been running this through on one of my clean VM's and it seems that there really is no advantage to having the GUI.

First, setting it up with the boot menu, your safe mode option appears each time you boot.

Not that it matters that much, but if all I'm trying to do is get to those recovery options occasionally...:rolleyes:

Using the legacy F8 functionality, I get the best of both worlds:

I can press F8 while booting and access the Advanced Boot Options screen as I had done in previous versions of Windows.

I can allow the boot to proceed with no interruption.

I can also access all of the options from the Win 8 GUI, simply by pressing F8 while my machine boots, highlighting "Repair Your Computer" and pressing enter.

Mainly, I am not presented with a boot menu each time I boot, and I can access any of the safe modes at my leisure.

Obviously, the GUI does give me a more friendly name for "Repair Your Computer", but all of the functionality from the GUI is present in the non-GUI. As "diagrammed" below (the red arrows indicate where similar functionality is in each version)

compare.jpg

As indicated: "Repair Your Computer" brings up all the Win 8 GUI stuff, like so...

After I select my account, I get the following:

ScreenShot003.jpg

Obviously, I'd click on troubleshoot and get:


ScreenShot004.jpg

And if I select Advanced options, I get:

ScreenShot005.jpg

All of which seem to me to be the same as with the GUI...but of course not always in my face if I reboot often...which sometimes I do.

So...I REALLY wonder 'what is the DISADVANTAGE is to simply setting this boot behavior to Legacy?'
 

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Mary,

I think it really just comes down to whichever one prefers over the other. Both can be useful depending on your needs. :)
 

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