How do i get out of boot looping in safe mode without a password nor recovery disc ect.

Goose 20 Reputation points
2025-08-05T06:56:38.2133333+00:00

Booted into safe mode from msconfig, not knowing that logging in requires a password, and every recovery tool requires a password and now am stuck in safe mode

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Recovery and backup
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DaveM121 939.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-08-05T07:31:16.9333333+00:00

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Press and hold the power button on the case of your PC for 10+ seconds to perform a hard shut down, then wait a few seconds and start your PC again, does it boot into Windows normally?

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If not, you will need to create a bootable Windows 10 USB on another working PC and boot your PC from that, then rather than installing Windows 10, select ‘Repair this Computer’ that will give you access to the Recovery Environment from there and run the Startup Repair option. 

In the Recovery Environment on the USB, you will not be blocked by a password.

Click this link:  https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10

to download the Media Creation Tool (Click on Download Tool Now), with that you can download the latest Windows 10 ISO (Select Create Installation Media for Another PC), you can create a bootable USB flash drive (min 8GB) using that tool

Then, Boot your PC from the Installation Media you just created (change Boot Order in your BIOS)

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