Why is Startup Settings Missing From RE

[leachim]

Why is Startup settings missing from Recovery Environment

 

I have a laptop that wont boot because I suspect the owner has been installing loads of crap - maybe even 2 antiviruses.

 

I am booting from a wins 10 dvd and am wanting Startup settings with the view for choosing Safe Mode or Disable Antivirus settings on startup etc

 

All the rest seem to be there - - Choose a device - troubleshooting - Startup repair - system restore

 

All of which fail to remedy the problem

 

Normal boot just reveals a blank screen

[Steve21]

If you're using the built-in repair -> Go Troubleshoot -> Advanced -> StartUp Settings

If you're using CD you can -> Start Install -> Repair Computer -> Troubleshoot -> (Think there might be advanced here?) -> CMD -> bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal

 

Steve

Edited August 13, 2017 by Steve21

[leachim]

Yes, thanks - I tried that and "said" it completed successfully - it was at the X prompt

 

Another query - if a computer won't boot, how do you initialise the built in RE ?

 

Its an Acer

[Steve21]

If it was successful you should just be able to close the CMD, and then a continue option should appear, and it'll reboot to safemode

 

Steve

[dapaulio]

Are you saying that you cant use f8 to show the advanced startup menu?

 

Maybe it has been disabled using bcdedit.

 

Try booting a windows disc to command prompt then

 

bcdedit /set {default} advancedoptions true

Edited August 13, 2017 by dapaulio

[leachim]

Didn't think F8 worked with Wins 10 ??

[dapaulio]

It's not by default but you can enable it by using bcdedit

http://www.opentechguides.com/how-to/article/windows-10/103/enable-f8-safe-mode.html

Edited August 13, 2017 by dapaulio

[leachim]

Done

 

I reckon the RE I was in was from the dvd, so typing bcdedit /set {globalsettings} advancedoptions true at the RE command prompt enabled the startup settings from the hard disk to work - safe mode etc still did not work

 

so at the bottom, it said F10 for more options which gave 1 option to press 1 for Recovery

 

(I thinK) computer restarted and the ordinary Startup settings appeared again (as the bcdedit... was programed to), so as I thought this was not the real deal, I clicked Continue to Windows 10 - this brought up the proper menu to Reset This PC

 

Which worked

 

I might have missed out a piece of the jigsaw puzzle, but in effect, that was what happened

 

Thanks