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| From | "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode |
| Date | 2025-02-17 05:08 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vovcd7$15ea5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <vossi9$kldv$2@dont-email.me> <vot2et.1p4.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <voth0f.7r0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <votmlm$p6vf$1@dont-email.me> <se25wnqyqvch$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> |
On 25/02/16 04:48 PM, VanguardLH wrote: > "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On 25/02/16 11:15 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>> Earlier today, I wrote: >>>> John C. <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> On 25/02/16 06:02 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>>> [...] >>>>> Thanks for this info, Frank. However, my desktop dates back to *ahem* >>>>> *cough* about 2010. No UEFI. >>>> >>>> Are you sure that your desktop doesn't have UEFI? UEFI started in 2005 >>>> and by 2007 already had its third spec (version 2.0). UEFI can be quite >>>> 'invisible if you don't know it's there and don't know how to enter it. >>>> >>>> An easy way to tell one or the other is just try the recipe you >>>> posted: >>>> >>>>>> <you> >>>>>>>>> Windows 10: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Shift + Restart: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On the sign-in screen, press and hold the Shift key while >>>>>>>>> selecting Power > Restart. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Navigate to Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Click Restart and then choose 4 for Safe Mode or 5 for Safe Mode >>>>>>>>> with Networking. >>>>>> </you> >>>> >>>> If where it says 'Navigate to Troubleshoot' you get a screen labeled >>>> 'Choose an option' which includes the mentioned 'Troubleshoot' option, >>>> you *do* have UEFI. >>>> >>>> Alternatively, you can use Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk >>>> Management. If that lists an 'EFI' partition, you have UEFI. >>>> >>>> Even simpler if you have Macrium Reflect, that will say '[EUFI]' on >>>> the top bar. >>> >>> Yet another method mentioned by VanguardLH elsewhere in this thread: >>> >>> In a 'Run as administrator' Command Prompt window, run 'bcdedit' >>> (without options/arguments). That will say 'efi' (ignore case), in >>> several places, if you have an UEFI system. >> >> Thanks for the info, Frank. I tried Disk Management and there's no >> lsting of an efi partition. >> >> Ran bcdedit at a command prompt, and no mention of efi. >> >> System was purchased on June 25, 2011. > > Just because UEFI got adopted by mobo makers doesn't mean sellers > weren't still selling their old MBR stock of mobos. That was a > transition period. Yeah, that's what I figured too. And the system was purchased at a Costco store. It was given to me by a relative. Still a good computer though IMO. -- John C. Take back Microsoft from India.
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How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-12 05:51 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-12 06:03 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-12 08:06 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-12 06:16 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-12 08:55 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-16 14:02 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-16 06:26 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-16 15:36 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-16 19:15 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-16 13:51 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-16 18:48 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-17 05:08 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-19 01:39 -0500
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 15:42 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-16 20:48 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 15:42 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-17 12:11 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 18:57 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-18 01:36 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-02-18 11:14 -0900
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-18 00:29 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Mr Xi Ji Ping <ping@china.cn> - 2025-02-19 03:16 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-19 04:02 -0500
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-12 16:43 -0500
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-12 12:44 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-12 15:25 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-12 19:16 -0500
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-13 05:18 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-02-13 03:28 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Uncle Sam <uncle.sam@usa.com> - 2025-02-13 03:58 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-13 05:27 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-13 03:01 -0500
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-15 08:48 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-15 08:56 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-16 09:34 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-16 12:27 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-16 15:29 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-16 18:45 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 16:06 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-17 10:28 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 16:51 +0000
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-16 20:01 -0500
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-15 09:40 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-16 06:32 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-16 12:30 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-16 13:56 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-16 18:46 -0600
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-17 05:33 -0800
Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-17 10:15 -0600
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