Windows 10: BSOD at boot, can’t enter safe mode

Last night when attempting to boot my desktop I got a BSOD with the following stop code:



Page fault in nonpaged area

What failed: Ntfs.sys



I have attempted to boot into safe mode. During the boot process I make it to the “preparing automatic repair” loading screen, but then BSOD before it enters safe mode.



I have attempted to boot via a usb drive with Windows 10 installation media, but can’t get it to boot and I get the same BSOD. I entered BIOS and made sure the usb Drive was detected and selected it as the boot device. No change, still getting the message.



I have 2 sticks of 4gb RAM, which I suspected as a possible culprit based on google research. I removed them one at a time, booting each time, with no change to the BSOD.



I’m lost at this point and wondering if hardware is the problem, but I don’t know where to start. Any help is greatly appreciated.



Specs:

HP 580-023w

Windows 10

Intel i5-7400 cpu

GTX1060 3GB GPU

8192mb DDR4/2400 MHz RAM

1 TB Toshiba Hard Drive

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How does one boot to Safe Mode in Win10?

You are kidding ... right?

Instead of simply hitting F8 upon boot to enter the option to select SAFE MODE, in the tutorial you list there are 7 steps to get into SAFE mode.

So... as I stated....Why does Microsoft continue to make things more difficult?

 

PC stuck in Safe mode, unable to boot to Normal mode.

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you are facing. I will certainly help you with this.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• What error do you get when you try to boot in normal mode?
• Did you entered Safe mode through Windows Recovery Environment or through System Config?

I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it works:

• Press Windows key + R and type msconfig and hit enter.
  
• On the General tab, tap or click the Normal Startup option.
• On the Boot tab, uncheck all the option under Safe mode.
• Tap or click OK, when you are prompted to restart the computer, tap or click Restart.

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Safe mode reset

Hi Oliver,

It's possible that your device is set to boot in Safe Mode. I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key + R to open Run Dialog box.
• Type msconfig and hit Enter.
• Under General tab, choose Normal startup if it's not selected already.
• Now, go to Boot tab, uncheck the Safe Boot
  option if it is checked.
• Click OK to save the changes and restart the device to boot in Normal mode.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you need further assistance, we'll be glad to help you.

Thank you.