If Windows or macOS slows, hangs or produces errors, check her work in safe mode.
Malfunctions in the operating system most likely to occur after incorrect configuration, installation of unfinished programs or viruses. Booting into Safe Mode will show whether the case in these problems really, and, if so, help to eliminate them.
How to start Windows in Safe Mode
1. Using hotkeys
- Suitable for Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Restart your computer and as soon as the system starts to boot again, press the F8 key until the Startup menu. When the menu appears on the screen, select "Safe Mode" (or Safe Mode) and press Enter.
To exit, restart the computer from safe mode, and it will run as usual.
2. Through system configurator
- Available for Windows 10, 8, 8.1, 7, Vista and XP.
Use the key combination Windows + R. In the window that appears, enter the command msconfig and press Enter. When the window system configurator will open, click on the tab "Download" (or BOOT) and select the "Safe Mode" (or SAFEBOOT). Click OK and restart your computer.
To turn off the start in Safe Mode, again call the configurator window, remove the checkbox from point "Safe Mode" and then restart the computer.
3. Through special boot options
- Available for Windows 10, 8 and 8.1.
Click on the icon tray at the lower right corner and go to "All parameters» → «updates and security» → «recovery». Under the item "Special Boot Options", click "Restart Now."
Once on the screen "Select Action", select the "Troubleshooting" (or "Diagnostics") → "Boot Parameters" (if the item is not displayed, click the "Advanced Settings") → "Reload". Press 4 to select the option "Enable Security" on the next screen.
To exit safe mode is sufficient to restart the computer.
4. After a restart with the Shift key
- Available for Windows 10, 8 and 8.1.
This method is a simplified version of the previous. Hold down the Shift key and click on the software reset button, which you use for a normal restart. When the screen will be redirected to the "Select Action", follow the steps outlined in the window to the previous method.
To exit safe mode simply restart your computer.
How to run in safe mode macOS
1. Using Shift key
Hold down the Shift key immediately after turning on or restarting the computer, as long until you see the login screen.
To exit Safe Mode, simply restart the Mac, without pressing any other buttons.
2. Using a command line
Open the Finder → «programs» → «Utility" and run the utility "Terminal". enter the command sudo nvram boot-args = "- x"
and press Enter. After this, restart the computer.
To turn off the start in Safe Mode, restart the "Terminal", enter the command sudo nvram boot-args = ""
, Press Enter, and restart your Mac.
What to do next
In safe mode, with the system only loads a standard set of services, drivers, settings and programs. If this all works fine, then surely something is wrong with third-party programs or recently altered operating parameters.
In this case you need to scan your computer and remove Antivirus suspicious software directly into Safe Mode. If this does not help, you should consider restoring Windows or macOS to normal.
If computer problems occur in safe mode, and the situation does not change, even restoring the OS, most likely something wrong with the hardware. First thing makeThat the components do not overheat and clean computer if necessary. If everything is fine with the temperature, contact the service center.