At this screen you should press the number 6 key on your keyboard to enter Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Windows 10 will now boot and you will be presented with the normal login prompt.

Safe Mode with Command Prompt: This option may not be available on all versions of Windows 10, but if it is you can enter this mode to bring up a big command prompt screen.

Is Windows misbehaving? One diagnostic technique you can try is Safe Mode, which launches Windows in a barebones fashion by preventing certain drivers and other items from loading.

This post explains how to restart and boot into or directly reboot in Safe Mode in Windows 11/10, with Networking or any other option.

Knowing how to start Windows 10 in Safe Mode is an important trick to have up your sleeve for those times when your operating system decides to act up.

Sooner or later, you'll probably need to boot Windows into Safe Mode--but in Windows 10, you can't rely on the good old F8 approach. Here's what to do instead.

How to enter Windows 10 Safe Mode: Safe Mode loads with only the minimum set of drivers, software and service. When Windows 10 does not start normally, Safe Mode should start with no problem.

To start up in Safe Mode with the Command Prompt, press 6 or F6. If you change your mind and decide you don't want to boot into Safe Mode after all, hit Enter to boot normally.

Safe Mode in Windows disables unnecessary drivers and programs during the startup process so you can isolate system errors and fix them. We'll show you how you can boot into Safe Mode with Windows 10.