Say what safe mode is for
Why a machine offers safe mode, and what a quiet hour in it tells you.
Safe mode starts the machine with only the parts it cannot do without. Add-ons and most programs stay off.
It is a test, not a repair. If the fault vanishes in safe mode, an extra is causing it.
Key points
- Safe mode starts the machine with only the parts it cannot do without
- A fault that vanishes in safe mode is caused by an extra, not by the machine
What to remember
- An ordinary restart is always the way out.
- Safe mode says where the fault is, not what to mend.
Try this
You do not have to start it. Look up safe mode for your own machine and write the keys down.
Practice: Say what safe mode is for. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.