ใน versiunile de OS anterioare Windows 8- bootarea in Safe Mode se facea foarte simplu, apasand tasta F8 ทันทีหลังจากนั้น pornirea sistemului (inainte ca acesta sa booteze). Desi este posibila activarea bootarii in Safe Mode cu ajutorul tastei F8 si pentru Windows 8 และ Windows 8.1, in mod default lucrurile sunt putin mai complicate: trebuie mai intai sa accesati meniul Advanced Startup Options (tineti apasata tasta Shift si in acelasi timp selectati Restart จาก meniul Power), apoi selectati optiunile Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart, apoi apasati tasta F4 เพื่อ boota in Safe Mode (หรือ F5 pentru a boota in Safe Mode with Networking, sau F6 pentru a boota in SafeMode with Command Prompt-

Insa exista o posibilitate de a restarta sistemul direct in Safe Mode ใน Windows 8/8.1 fara a folosi tasta F8 si fara a accesa meniul Startup Settings (optiune disponibila de asemenea si pe sistemele Windows anterioare), si anume prin intermediul utilitatii การกำหนดค่าระบบ-
- pentru a accesa การกำหนดค่าระบบ เปิด วิ่ง (Windows + R), apoi tastati msconfig และให้ เข้า
- apoi selectati tab-ul Boot
- bifati Safe Boot si in functie de optiunea dorita, selectati Minimal- Alternate shell- Active Directory repair หรือ Network (daca nu cunoasteti diferenta intre optiunile enumerate, este recomandat sa lasati selectata optiunea Minimal), apoi dati click pe นำมาใช้ si pe ตกลง

- ใน mesajul de confirmare afisat dati click pe butonul Restart pentru a boota sistemul in Safe Mode
ระมัดระวัง! Daca folositi aceasta metoda pentru a boota in Safe Mode, cand veti dori sa bootati normal in sistem, deschideti din nou msconfig และ debifati optiunea Safe Mode, altfel, dupa restart veti boota inapoi in Safe Mode-
การตั้งค่าการลักลอบ – How to directly reboot in Safe Mode in Windows 8/8.1