Read the same in:      Francais  Deutsch  日本語  Polski  Русский  Español  Sweden  English  
You are welcome to subscribe to "New articles in Knowledge Base" mailing list.

You are visiting our Support Website and we thank you in advance for your participation in this poll and your feedbacks.

Please vote honestly, we will analyze the results and will do our best to improve our service as soon as possible.

Consumer Support Website Usability Survey:
Navigation quality* 
Technical articles efficiency* 
Relevance of the article(s) turned out by your query* 
Ease of access to relevant information* 
Comments 


 
Search :  
Search tips Article ID # :     
 

Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

 

How to reboot your PC in Safe mode?

 ID Article: 493    Other languages:  Francais  Deutsch  日本語  Polski  Русский  Español  Sweden  English      Views for 7 days 128    Last modified on 29.10.2011 00:13 Printable version

­­­­­­

Useful links
 

 



How to reboot your computer in Safe Mode

In order to reboot your PC in Safe Mode, do the following:

  • Go to Start > Shut Down > Restart
  • Keep pressing the key F8 during the first seconds the PC is being booted until you see the Windows Advanced Options Menu.

Warning On some computer configurations the key F8 is used to select a physical drive to boot from. In this case select a hard disk drive with installed OS. Once you have pressed Enter, keep pressing F8 until Windows Advanced Options Menu is displayed.

  • Select Safe mode

  • press the Enter key
  • press the Enter key to confirm the selected variant
  • reboot the PC after finishing work in this mode

InformationFor Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 a password of the local user Administrator is required

 

Back to the contents

What to do if your computer boots only in standard mode

If a computer boots only in normal mode and "blue screen" when choosing safe mode, it is possible that the registry branch Safeboot responsible for booting in safe mode is damaged. The registry branch Safeboot can be restored using a previously imported .reg file. In order to do this, perform the following actions:

  • download the archive safeboot.zip;
  • extract the archive to the computer (for example, using WinZip);
  • run the .reg file corresponding to your operating system:

    • SafeBootWin200.reg for Windows 2000;
    • SafeBootWinXP.reg for Windows XP;
    • SafeBootWinServer2003.reg for Windows 2003;
    • SafeBootVista.reg for Windows Vista;
    • SafeBoot7.reg for Windows 7;

  • click Yes in the Registry editor window.

Back to the contents

What to do, if the boot menu will not display after F8 button is pressed

If the boot menu is not displayed by pressing the F8 key for some reason and the OS keeps booting in normal mode, you are recommended to do the following:

  • go to Start > Run > enter msconfig > click OK 
  • In the dialog window System configuration utility go to the BOOT.INI tab 
  • check the /SAFEBOOT option 
  • click OK 

 

  • To apply the modified settings, click Restart 


 Did the provided info help you?

                       

 Give your detailed feedback.

 

Kaspersky Lab

Copyright © 1997-2013 Kaspersky Lab
Site map  |   Contact us  |   International Support Service  |  Send us a suspected virus

Stay connected