How to Boot Laptop in Safe Mode?

Save your work and restart the laptop

On Windows, hold Shift and select Restart

Go to Troubleshoot

Select Advanced options

Select Startup Settings

Click Restart

Press 4 or F4 for Safe Mode

Press 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking

Press 6 or F6 for Safe Mode with Command Prompt

If Windows will not start, interrupt startup three times to enter Recovery Mode

In Recovery Mode, go to Troubleshoot

Select Advanced options

Select Startup Settings

Click Restart

Press 4 or F4 for Safe Mode

On some laptops, press F8 during startup to access Safe Mode options

On macOS, restart and hold Shift until the login screen appears

Release Shift after the login screen loads

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