System Restore is a useful tool that helps you recover from system failures. Sometimes you may need to run System Restore in Safe Mode. This post from MiniTool tells you how to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 11/10/7.
System Restore is a recovery tool that allows you to restore the state of the computer, including system files, installed applications, Windows registry, and system settings to a previous point in time. It is useful for recovering from system failures or other problems.
Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode in the Windows operating system. Safe Mode is useful for troubleshooting computer problems, including software and hardware issues. Sometimes, you need to perform system restore in Safe Mode since your PC is unstable.
This tutorial introduces how to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 11/10/7.
How to Perform System Restore in Safe Mode on Windows 11/10
This part is about how to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 10/11.
Step 1: Enter Safe Mode
First, you need to enter Safe Mode. Here are the details.
Way 1: Via Settings
1. Press the Windows + I keys together to open Windows 11/10 Settings.
2. Enter WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment).
Windows 11: Go to System > Recovery. Under the Recovery options part, click Restart now next to Advanced startup.
Windows 10: Go to Update & Security > Recovery. Under the Advanced start-up part, click Restart now.
3. Next, click Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart.
4. Press 4 or F4 to start Windows 11/10 in Safe Mode; Press 5 or F5 to start Windows 11/10 in Safe Mode with Networking; Press 6 or F6 to access Windows 11/10 in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
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Step 2: Perform the System Restore
After entering Safe Mode on Windows 11/10, you can start to perform the system restore.
1. Type recovery in the Search box and select the best-matched result.
2. In the pop-up window, click Open System Restore.
3. When you launch the System Restore window, click Next.
4. Select the system restore point you want to recover and click Next to continue.
5. Confirm the restore point and click Finish to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 11.
How to Perform System Restore in Safe Mode on Windows 7
This part is about how to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 7.
Step 1: Enter Safe Mode
1.Turn off your computer completely and reboot it. Press the F8 Key repeatedly before the Windows logo appears, and stop until the Advanced Boot Options window pops up.
2. Use the arrow keys to choose Safe Mode press the Enter key.
Step 2: Perform the System Restore
1. Click the Start menu> All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore.
2. If the recommended system restore point is working properly, you can click Next. If not, click Choose a different restore point and choose the system restore point you want.
3. Confirm the settings are correct and click Finish to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 7.
Create Windows 11/10/7 Bootable USB to Restore the System
However, sometimes you are unable to restart your computer due to system problems, hard drive failure, or other factors. Therefore, in addition to performing a system restore in Safe Mode, you can also make the bootable media to restore the system.
Besides, some users encounter the “can’t get into BIOS”, “system restores points missing”, and “can’t create the restore point” issues. You can also consider creating the Windows 11/10/7 bootable USB to restore the system.
To do that, the PC backup software – MiniTool ShadowMaker is recommended. It allows you to restore the system image without losing any data when your PC can’t boot normally in Windows 11/10/8/7. In addition to performing data backup and recovery, you can also move Windows to another drive with this tool.
Now, let’s see how to create the Windows 11/10/7 bootable USB to restore system with MiniTool ShadowMaker.
1. Download and install MiniTool ShadowMaker.
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2. Connect your USB drive to the PC. Then, launch this tool to make a bootable backup.
3. When your PC fails to start, you can connect the burned MiniTool bootable drive to your PC before starting the computer.
4. Enter BIOS.
5. Choose the created bootable drive as the first boot device.
6. After making the choices of whether to change screen resolution, and whether to load MiniTool Software, you have come to the main interface of MiniTool bootable edition.
7. Go to the Restore page, click Add Backup to import the system backup file, and click Restore to begin.
8. Choose a backup version to continue. Select volumes to restore from the backup file. Make sure MBR and Track 0 is checked.
9. Decide which target disk you want to restore the system image to. Start the system image recovery process and wait patiently.
Bottom Line
How to perform system restore in Safe Mode on Windows 11/10/7? This post provides the full guide. If you have any issues or suggestions for the MiniTool software, send an email to [email protected] and we will reply to you as quickly as possible.
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Having been an editor at MiniTool since graduating college as an English major, Daisy specializes in writing about data backups, disk cloning, and file syncing as well as general computer knowledge and issues. In her free time, Daisy enjoys running and going with friends to the amusement park.