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Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode

From Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: How to boot into Windows 10 Safe Mode
Date 2025-02-17 18:57 +0000
Organization NOYB
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VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
> >> On 16 Feb 2025 19:15:23 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>>  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.
> >> 
> >> Or not. My home-built PC uses UEFI but the output of bcdedit doesn't
> >> mention "efi" anywhere.
> > 
> >   Hmmm!? On my (HP) system, the Windows Boot Manager and Windows Boot
> > Loader 'path' names end in '.efi'.
> > 
> >   What about Disk Management, does that list an 'EFI' partition?
> > 
> >   N.B. I have only HP systems, so I'd be interested if (some of) these
> > things are HP-specific.

[...]

> Since the OP says bcdedit doesn't list any .efi boot destinations, he
> doesn't have UEFI.  WMI and DAT are used with MBR, and physical
> enumeration in boot.ini before that.  He might have some BCD entries
> specifying .wim files, or .dat files.

  Sigh! It's not the OP (who is John C.), but Char Jackson, and Char
says (see quote above) "My home-built PC uses UEFI", so he *does* have
UEFI. You're not suggesting that Char doesn't know what he's talking
about, are you!?

[...]

[Several repeats of info I already mentioned.]

[...]

>	    Intel was supposed to phase out CSM by around 2020, but the
> OP's (Allan's) computer is much older.

  Also Allan (Higdon) is not the OP, John C. is.

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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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