Windows 10: Windows 10 stuck on welcome. Cannot start in safe mode. Auto repair with install disk will...

I am stuck on the welcome screen and have tried. Start in safe by holding down shift and clicking restart, just goes to the welcome. Using repair option from downloaded ISO install, "startup repair couldn't repair your PC". Dell backup and recovery did not work. I have tried almost everything short of a new install even a bootable Norton rescue disk that told me my machine had hibernated, restart and turn it off. I could not restart of course.

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Stuck in auto repair loop

Hi Alex,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

If the screen is stuck for a long time on auto repair, I suggest you to restart the computer using power button and check. If the issue still persist, I suggest you to check if you are able to boot the computer into Safe Mode environment and check.

To use a Safe Boot option, follow these steps:

• 
  Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. On a computer that is configured for booting to multiple operating systems, you can press the F8 key when the Boot Menu appears.
  
• 
  Select an option to “Safe mode with networking” using the arrow keys on the keyboard when the Windows Advanced Options menu
  appears, and then press ENTER.
  

Hope this information is helpful. Do let us know if your issue is resolved. For any further query, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.

 

Stuck in safe mode in windows 10

Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system, it's not good if we got stuck on it. To correct this, we suggest that you follow the steps below to exit out of Safe mode:

• Open Run command by pressing Windows key + R
  keys on the keyboard and type msconfig in the command box and press
  Enter.
• Under General tab, put a check on Normal Startup option.
• Reboot the system and check if the changes are effective.

Let us know if you are able to exit out of Safe mode with these steps.

 

Stuck in Safe mode on Windows 10.

Hello Ethraen,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will help you in resolving the issue.



From your description, I understand that you are stuck in safe mode and is unable to start the PC inn normal mode.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• 
  Why did you enable Safe mode?
  
• 
  Were you facing any system performance issues?
  

Method 1: Follow the steps below to exit from
Safe mode and check if the issue is resolved.

• 
  Open Run command by pressing
  Windows key + R keys on the keyboard and type msconfig in the command box.
  
• 
  Under General tab, check
  Normal Startup option.
  
• 
  Reboot the system and check if the changes are effective.
  

To know more about Safe mode, following is an article on
Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode) (Applies to Windows 10 also):

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-safe-mode



Method 2: If the issue persists, I suggest you to perform a
Startup Repair by following the steps below, and check if the issue is resolved.



Startup Repair is a Windows Recovery tool that can fix certain system problems that might prevent Windows from starting. Startup Repair scans your computer for the problem, and then tries to fix it so your computer can
start correctly.



Startup Repair is one of the recovery tools in the System Recovery Options menu. This set of tools is located on your computer’s hard disk, and on the Windows Installation disc.

• 
  Go to Lock screen by pressing
  Windows logo + L keys on the keyboard.
  
• 
  Press/hold the
  shift key on the keyboard and click on power icon located at the bottom right corner of your screen
  
• 
  Click Restart and click on
  Restart anyway.
  
• 
  Click on Troubleshoot and select
  Advanced Options.
  
• 
  Select Startup Repair option
  and follow the prompts to start the process.
  

Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.