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- How to boot Windows virtual machine into Safe Mode?
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Can boot to Windows
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If you are able to load and access your Windows account, Start menu is working.
- Click on Windows Start menu > select Settings.
- Find Update & Security menu > Recovery > under Advanced startup select Restart now.
- After Windows restart you will get to a Choose an option screen, here select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > click Restart button.
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After another restart you will see a list of options, press 4 (F4) on your keyboard to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
If you need to use the Internet, select 5 (F5) for Safe Mode with Networking.
NOTE: If pressing F4 and F5 buttons enables Mac media options like starting Launchpad or lowering keyboard backlight, use Fn+F4 and Fn+F5 key combinations accordingly.
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If you are able to load and access your Windows account, but Start menu is NOT working.
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Right click anywhere on Windows desktop, choose Display settings or Personalize.
- On the left top corner click Home > find Update & Security menu > Recovery > under Advanced startup select Restart now.
- After Windows restart you will get to a Choose an option screen, here select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > click Restart button.
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After another restart you will see a list of options, press 4 (F4) on your keyboard to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
If you will need to use the Internet, select 5 (F5) for Safe Mode with Networking.
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Cannot boot to Windows
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If you are unable to load and access your Windows account, Windows virtual machine crashes after passing loading screen and boots into Automatic Repair screen.
- Select Advanced options > Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > click Restart button.
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After restart you will see a list of options, press 4 (F4) on your keyboard to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
If you need to use the Internet, select 5 (F5) for Safe Mode with Networking.
NOTE: If pressing F4 and F5 buttons enables Mac media options like starting Launchpad or lowering keyboard backlight, use Fn+F4 and Fn+F5 key combinations accordingly.
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You can also boot into Safe mode from user login screen.
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At Windows login screen instead of entering your password click on a Power button in the right bottom corner > hold Shift and select Restart.
- After Windows restart you will get to a Choose an option screen, here select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > click Restart button.
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After another restart you will see a list of options, press 4 (F4) on your keyboard to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
If you need to use the Internet, select 5 (F5) for Safe Mode with Networking.
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