When your Windows-operated PC or laptop starts acting up, the cause could be any number of problems. Here's how to boot in safe mode and solve it.

How to use Windows Safe Mode You’ve got three different Safe Modes to choose from. Screenshot: Microsoft To get to Safe Mode, you need to boot Windows into its Recovery Environment.

This guide shows you how to backup or transfer files in Safe Mode using WBAdmin command line tool in Windows, if your system fails to boot.