Computer always boots into Windows Safe Mode
Issue
Computer always boots into Windows Safe Mode.
Solution
First, make sure the computer is really booting into Safe Mode. If the computer is booting into Safe Mode when the computer first starts you should receive a message about Safe Mode, similar to the below example. If you do not receive this message the computer is booting into Normal Mode it just may look like Safe Mode.
Booting into Normal Mode, but looks like Safe Mode
Computer is always booting into Safe Mode
Booting into Normal Mode, but looks like Safe Mode
If you do not receive the above Safe Mode message, it's likely that the computer only appears to be booting into Safe Mode because of the video resolution. Make sure your video resolution is set higher than 800x600 and that the proper video card drivers are installed on the computer.
Computer is always booting into Safe Mode
If you do receive the above Safe Mode message each time the computer boots you are encountering an issue with the computer that is preventing Windows from loading normally, most likely the computer is rebooting each time the computer starts because of an error.
Make sure the computer is not rebooting because of an error by disabling automatic restart on system failure. Enter the Windows Advanced Options Menu through the boot menu that appears when the computer is first starting and choose Disable automatic restart on system failure.
After this has been disabled, try booting the computer into Normal mode and see if the computer encounters an error when it starts up. Most likely it will be a Blue Screen error message.
Additional information
- See the Safe Mode definition for further information and related links.