How to get into safe mode on Toshiba satellite

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  1. Posts : 6
    Win 10
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    How to get into safe mode on Toshiba satellite


    Does anyone know how to get into safe mode on a toshiba satellite. Black/blue screen with solid cursor after creator update fail. F8 is disabled by default in windows 10, so please do not suggest anything that requires win 10 to be working.
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  2. Posts : 4,752
    Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit 22H2
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    Start the computer, Press F2 to boot into Setup (Bios) go to the Security tab, if Fast Boot is enabled,(if it's there) disable it, Save and Exit.
    Restart the computer, When Windows starts to load, hold the power button down until it shuts off. Do this like 3 times in a row. On the Fourth time, when it starts it should give you the Advanced Boot Menu, where you can choose Safe Mode etc
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  3. Posts : 6
    Win 10
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    Oh my God!...to log in as an administrator you need windows 10. Pay attention and listen to the words...Black screen/ blue screen with cursor. F8 is disabled in windows 10 by default and "0" does not work. Nothing including legacy is of any use in the bios. And no one has told the other guy how the hell does he get into safe mode yet.
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  4. Posts : 6
    Win 10
    Thread Starter
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    Spaz123 said:
    Does anyone know how to get into safe mode on a toshiba satellite. Black/blue screen with solid cursor after creator update fail. F8 is disabled by default in windows 10, so please do not suggest anything that requires win 10 to be working.
    Windows 10 does not load on startup, no Toshiba logo, just a looping black screen/blue screen with cursor. And the bios is on slow boot.
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  5. Posts : 4,752
    Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit 22H2
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    If the Toshiba logo is not showing when you startup, and the Bios loads slow, then there is a Hardware Problem with your computer.
    Start by removing the battery and run the computer on the power adapter only.
    If that doesn't solve it, remove the HDD and boot into Setup (Bios) Once in the Bios, set it to Defaults, Save and Exit. if that is still not working, then remove all but one stick of RAM, switch the modules around, move it to the other port etc.
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  6. Posts : 6
    Win 10
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    spunk said:
    If the Toshiba logo is not showing when you startup, and the Bios loads slow, then there is a Hardware Problem with your computer.
    Start by removing the battery and run the computer on the power adapter only.
    If that doesn't solve it, remove the HDD and boot into Setup (Bios) Once in the Bios, set it to Defaults, Save and Exit. if that is still not working, then remove all but one stick of RAM, switch the modules around, move it to the other port etc.
    Yes, tried all that. The bios is set to slow boot, the boot is not slow. The alternating black screen/blue screen with cursor is a boot loop. I can get into the bios from F2 or F12 easily in half a second without touching the power button. InsydeH20 bios. 5 year old toshiba satellite c850d.
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  7. Posts : 6
    Win 10
    Thread Starter
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    If I start it without the hard drive, then put it back in and start it, I get the Toshiba logo. But nothing else has changed, still blue screen with cursor boot loop and f2 and f12 are all that work.
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  8. Posts : 4,752
    Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit 22H2
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    If I start it without the hard drive
    If the computer boots normally to the Bios without the HDD, then the HDD is failing or has already failed.
    You can test this theory by removing the HDD and attaching it to a USB Adapter, Dock or Enclosure with a power adapter. If the HDD does not spin up, or it spins up then spins down, the HDD needs to be replaced.
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  9. Posts : 41,412
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
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    1) Find 2 flash drives that you can format.
    2) On flash drive 1 make a bootable windows 10 iso:
    Download Windows 10
    3) On flash drive 2 make a bootable drive to run memtest86+:
    Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
    4) Each computer manufacturer has a F key to boot to a device:
    List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys
    5) Connect one of the flash drives to any USB port
    5) For toshiba power on and repetitively clicking the F12 key should open a menu allowing you to choose a boot device
    6) Choose the external USB hard drive and boot to the flash drive
    7) exit
    8) perform the same steps for the second flash drive
    9) for each flash drive report the results into the thread
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  10. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 Pro
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    Spaz123 said:
    If I start it without the hard drive, then put it back in and start it, I get the Toshiba logo. But nothing else has changed, still blue screen with cursor boot loop and f2 and f12 are all that work.
    I have been through this exact thing I think anyway or at least the same frustration, and understand to solutions being offered are correct but are not going to get you there. Here are some of the highlights and if you know the tune. Blue screen of death with on of 3 popular stop error code messages and usually something about an SRTtrail.txt or some such. You can get to the recovery options but none given you safe mode and all lead to kissing your data good bye. You may have tried fixing the MBR via bcedit but you get error with that too? If this is not the same song, my apologies, it is tell me cuz I made my problem go away and saved my data.
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