

We’ll note any differences where they occur. Note: This article is written using screenshots from Windows 10, but the techniques work pretty much the same way in Windows 8. RELATED: How to Use Safe Mode to Fix Your Windows PC (and When You Should) The good news is that getting into Safe Mode is doable. And even on PCs that still support it, Windows startup (and particularly the handoff between the regular boot process and Windows startup) happens so much faster now, you barely have time to press the key. The trouble is that some computer manufacturers disable this option. From there, you can boot into Safe Mode (and we’ll talk about that environment a bit later.

If you mash the F8 key at just the right time (or get lucky spamming the key during boot up), Windows might still take you to a screen that lets you get into the recovery environment. For a long time this has been achieved by pressing the F8 key, this all changes with Windows 10 and its Automatic Repair mode.

One of the most common steps when troubleshooting a PC is to boot into Safe Mode.
