XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11
On 6/19/2023 11:36 AM, T wrote:
On 6/19/23 08:19, Dennis wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:05:47 -0700, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
If you can not get into regular Windows
and need to boot up into Safe Mode, try
this AT YOUR OWN RISK!
It works. I used it to reformat a PC to factory defaults before selling
it. I used this method because it was my late bro-in-law's PC and I
didn't have any passwords.
I have used it before, but it freaked me out
thinking I was about to corrupt something.
Well worse than it already was.
Boot a Windows Installer DVD, select troubleshooting,
select Command Prompt (which runs as admin). Do an
offline BCD edit.
From my notes file:
F8 boot menu for Windows 10:
dir /AH C:\boot\BCD # verify BCD is there, so the following command will work
# In an offline edit, sometimes the drive letter shifts to D:
bcdedit /store C:\boot\BCD /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu True # Offline edit of BCD file
The reason we're doing this in Offline Mode, is the assumption
is, the machine is busted, but booting from the DVD still works.
The file system is assumed operational. Run CHKDSK if it is not.
When you reboot, the "tile menu" will be replaced by the legacy
text menu. Look for the F8 option, lower on the page.
Here, you can see a bit of my "bcdedit" output, from an administrator
window on the running OS.
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject { alphanumeric string }
displayorder { alphanumeric string }
{current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
displaybootmenu Yes <====== the menu mod, is present
This picture is to give some idea what the boot menu will look like.
https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/37308d1485956903t-enable-disable-f8-advanced-boot-options-windows-10-a-f8_windows_boot_manager.png
The timeout value can be modified from "30" if you want,
and that is suited to the Ninjas out there. I just leave it
at 30.
Paul
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