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Title: Clean boot vs. Safe mode
Post by: [email protected] on February 22, 2015, 09:41:07 am

What is the difference in results between booting into safe mode and and a clean boot when using your repair tool?

I ask because booting into safe mode is really easy, and when I try to do a clean boot by disabling the non-Microsoft programs on the services tab, the computer tells me that it cannot disable all of them and perhaps I should log in as an administrator. Well, I am the administrator.

What do you suggest?

Thank you for your help.

Phil King

Title: Re: Clean boot vs. Safe mode
Post by: Willy2 on February 23, 2015, 10:04:27 am

- A clean boot is that all non-Microsoft Services (& programs) won't be run/started.
- In Safe Mode only a limited amount of Microsoft Services & drivers are running & loaded.

That's the only difference between the two. The fewer Services & drivers are loaded the better. It means that less CPU time is needed to run one's system and fewer programs get in the way of running Windows Repair (WR). In that regard running WR in Safe Mode is the best & fastest option.

Title: Re: Clean boot vs. Safe mode
Post by: [email protected] on February 23, 2015, 10:53:31 am

Thank you.

Title: Re: Clean boot vs. Safe mode
Post by: Shane on February 23, 2015, 09:19:57 pm

Make sure to run "Safe Mode With Networking"

The reason why is mainly for Windows 8, the repair component store uses the built in DSIM tool which connects to the MS windows update servers to download missing files for updates, other than that non of the other repairs require internet access. :wink:

Shane