Generally System restore helps restoring our system to a healthy state if any things goes wrong with our windows system. One can access the system restore through normal windows or through Safe mode. What if the safe mode fails? I mean there are certain cases where Safe mode loads all required devices and files and fails with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).
Here’s a “HOW TO” to restore your system using Safe mode with Command prompt.
Steps:
- Reboot your system and keep pressing F8 key (You should start pressing F8 key as soon as your system restarts) till you see the Windows Advanced options menu.
- Select Safe mode with command prompt (Assuming that your safe mode also fails to start) and press Enter key.
- It takes some time to load and give proper credentials to log in if asked.
- Now you’ll be presented with a command prompt.
- Type this %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press enter.
- Now after some time, the System Restore window appears. Just select a proper restore point and proceed restoring your system.
So here’s an advice , always have proper system restore points. They help you in restoring your system to a healthy state.
