How to get into safe mode Windows 7 and XP

Often beginners ask me a question: how to enter safe mode. In this material I will try to describe everything in the most detailed and accessible.

First, why is this necessary? Booting a computer in safe mode is often the last way to fix problems with system startup, if the computer can not be downloaded in this mode, then you need a full reinstallation of the OS.

So, if your computer issues a blue screen of death at startup , does not load until the end, hanging halfway, or instead of the desktop infinitely twists the hourglass, then you need to load the safe mode and try to troubleshoot. And how to go into safe mode you'll find out if you read the article to the end.

The sequence of actions for downloading in safe mode for Windows 7 and XP is the same, it is necessary to immediately press the F8 key after the first 2-3 seconds of turning on the computer without waiting for Windows XP or Windows 7 window. If instead of a window with a warning about loading the OS, the safe mode menu appeared in the English version, then you did everything right. It's also possible that when you press F8, your computer will prompt you to select a device (DVD-ROM, HDD, Network boot) from which it will boot the computer. Then you should wait a couple of seconds longer and start pressing F8 not after 2-3 seconds, and after 4-5, or instead of F8 try to press the F5 button, and if this button does not work, try to hold the Shift key while loading.

But in most cases, the F8 button does its job well enough, and if not from the first, then the second time you can go into safe mode. If you succeed, you will see several download options that the OS has prepared for you.

Both in the seven and in XP you will be offered a similar set of options, actually safe mode, safe mode with the command line (not recommended), safe mode with network support (if you plan to use the network or the Internet in safe mode, then select this option). If you have a problem not only with how to enter the safe mode XP or Win7, but you still do not know how to choose options in the menu of this mode, do not despair, it's very simple, you can move around the menu items with arrows on the keyboard.

Also in the list is a boot option with the last successful configuration, but in my memory, never this option has not helped anyone. To clear your conscience, you can try to boot into it, suddenly you will be lucky?

What are the main differences between safe mode and normal start-up? The main difference is that in the safe mode programs and components are not loaded in the autorun, and that's where they like to prescribe themselves various viruses and other hacking software. So, by booting in safe mode, you will get a working operating system without the influence of viruses, and you can, for example, delete these same viruses.

With the question of how to enter the safe mode of xp and why we need it more or less understood, we can move on to Windows 7.

Since this relatively new operating system is itself well protected against viruses, and on most computers it is now almost the first program that installs an antivirus, infecting computers on which this OS is installed becomes a non-trivial matter.

Indeed, most often in a safe mode on computers with Win7 have to go after some changes in the programs or drivers, and not after a virus attack. In my practice, over the last year, out of ten systems I watched with the Windows 7 operating system installed, only two of them were downloaded once. In the first case, the reason was in hardware, but not in programs, and in the second, the fault lay on the driver of the video card, which did not work properly after the update. That's where I had to remember how to go into safe mode in Windows 7.

If you know for sure that the cause of the failure when downloading Win7 is the installed driver, you should boot into the system recovery mode and select the option "Command line". When prompted to enter commands, type devmgmt.msc. The Device Manager window appears, select the device whose driver does not work correctly and delete it. Now try to reboot, if done correctly, the system will please you with a sure start.