If Windows 10 crashes you need to use external bootable disk to diagnose PC: to enter the Safe Mode, reset or restore OS in particular. The F8 boot menu does not work anymore. Here some information about how to get it back in Windows 10.
How to enable legacy boot menu in Windows 10
1. Run command prompt as admin (how to):
2. Type
bcdedit /set {current} bootmenupolicy legacy
and press Enter:
Reboot your PC and press F8. Good old menu appears:
How to turn off the Safe Mode and start Windows 10 normally
While in Safe Mode:
1. Press Win+R.
2. Type
msconfig
3. Press Enter
On the Boot tab unset the checkbox Safe boot.
Press OK:
Reboot the PC. Now it will start normally.
Now you know how to easily bring back so useful F8 feature in the latest OS version. Please, tell us in the comments how often do you use it? Thank you in advance! Have a nice day!
Adam Swift Adam is a real tech maniac. He likes to spend time testing phones, tablets, laptops, as well as any other technical devices, and write practical manuals on their functions. He often sleeps all day, but always works at night. Adam bought his first computer in 1999, being an absolute beginner who never held a computer mouse in his hands. He began to study Windows, constantly experimented and often crashed the operating system. But six months later, he was able to reinstall Windows 98 from a scratch on his own, fix almost any software problem on a PC, he also did hardware upgrades and realized that computers, operating systems and programs are now his biggest passion. In addition, Adam has always been a big lover of phones. With the advent of smartphones with Android OS, he began to pick at them much more than in computers. Now Adam loves to study privacy issues in instant messengers, blocking unwanted calls and other nuances related to privacy and security on the network. You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tunecomp
