Windows 10: Cannot login into my user in Minimal Mode, stuck in Minimal Mode

Hi,

I have a PC with Windows 10 installed,

Today I used the settings in "msconfig" in order to boot into Minimal Mode, so I could delete a driver I've installed before,

but after the restart I could not login into my user.

Usually I'm using the fingerprint scanner to login into my computer, but it seems it isn't working under the Minimal Mode,

and also the PIN login doesn't work, I'm keep getting a message telling me there was a problem with my PIN code.


What can I do? How can I get out of this Minimal mode without losing my data?

I inserted a USB drive with the Windows installation on, and tried to fix the boot with "bcdedit" command but it didn't work.


Thank you

:)

 

How to change from Minimal Safe Mode to Safe Mode with Networking without login?

I wasn't able to access Windows System Restore from Minimal Safe Mode without the old Microsoft password either. So I had to do a recovery from an Acronis system image instead. However, I think I figured out the problem. I attempted to recover just the
C: partition first, but when I rebooted, I was still stuck in Minimal Safe Mode. Only when I used the full system image to replace the entire hard disk was I able to get out of Safe Mode. I think that MSCONFIG placed the boot flag to only allow booting into
Minimal Safe Mode on the EFI System Partition (for UEFI), and not in the system32 folder on the C: drive. It was only when I overwrote the EFI partition using a full-disk system image backup that I was able to get out of Safe Mode. Overwriting everything
in the C: drive to the old image backup had no effect.

What I attempted from Administrator Command Prompt that did not work was (after navigating from X:\Sources to C:\Windows\System32):

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot network

bcdedit /set {default} safeboot network

None of those commands had any effect.

I doubt I would be allowed to change the password without being able to log into the machine though? That would be a serious security risk. Anyone could just use a Windows livedisc then to change the system password. The problem was I was able to reset
the Microsoft Account password, but without Networking, Minimal Safe Mode would only recognize the old Microsoft password, which I had not written down before going into Safe Mode (I only wrote down the Windows PIN).

My suggestion to the Microsoft Developers to prevent this in the future is to allow users the choice to use either their Microsoft password or their Windows PIN to log into Minimal Safe Mode without Networking. Or at the very least, provide a notice that
the Windows PIN will not work for Minimal Safe Mode, and that a Microsoft login is required. If someone always logs into Windows using their PIN, they may not realize that they will need a completely different password to log into Minimal Safe Mode, so that
is something that the user should be notified about.

I could try the additional suggestions to see if I can switch from Minimal Safe Mode to Safe Mode with Networking, without logging in, now that I am back on Windows and have recovered my passwords, but I don't really want to mess with Safe Mode any more
if I can avoid it.

 

Safe Mode Minimal/ Can't login

I have recently went into safe mode so that I could delete a file that was very difficult to delete.However, since I put safe mode on MINIMAL, I am not able to login since there isn't a network(I typed my correct PIN and it says it is not working so I'm
guessing that could be the reason). Is there a way I can turn off safe mode without having to login, so I can get a network and be able to access my computer. Please help, I am panicking.

 

Safe mode minimal

Hi,

To help address the issue regarding with restoring Windows from safe mode, kindly give us details on the following:

• Which troubleshooting steps have you tried already?
• What were you trying to do in safe mode?

We look forward to your response.