If it doesn’t, you can try booting your PC with a USB recovery drive. RELATED: How to Create and Use a Recovery Drive or System Repair Disc in Windows 8 or 10 Note: If your PC can’t start Windows normally twice in a row, it should show you the “Advanced Options” menu automatically. On the “Troubleshoot” screen, click the “Advanced Options” button.Īnd, finally, you’ll arrive at the “Advanced Options” menu. Instead, it shows you a menu that lets you continue in your Windows session, access troubleshooting tools, or turn off your PC. When you do this, your PC doesn’t immediately restart. You can do this either on the sign in screen (shown above) or on the Start menu (shown below). If your PC can start Windows normally, you can get to the “Advanced Options” menu quickly by just holding down the Shift key while clicking the “Restart” option. Option One: Hold Down Shift While Clicking Restart Note: You may also see “Uninstall Updates” rather than “Go back to the previous version.” It’ll roll back Windows and uninstall the most recent update.Īfter choosing most of these options, Windows restarts and then loads into the mode (or starts the tool) you selected.Īnd now that you know what you can use the “Advanced Options” menu for, let’s take a look at how to get to it. Check out our guide to uninstalling Windows 10 and downgrading to Windows 7 or 8.1 for more details. Go back to the previous version: Lets you uninstall Windows and downgrade back to the previous version you were using, as long as you’ve upgraded within the last 30 days.Startup Settings: Lets you access alternative startup modes and tools, like Safe Mode, Low-Resolution Video Mode, and boot logging.Command Prompt: Restarts your PC and loads a simple Command Prompt window for troubleshooting.Check out our guides on fixing startup problems with the Windows startup repair tool and on what to do when Windows won’t boot for more information. Startup Repair: Launches Windows’ integrated startup repair tool, which tries to automatically fix startup problems.Check out our guide on restoring system image backups in Windows for details. System Image Recovery: Lets you restore a backup image of your PC.Check out our guide to using System Restore for more information. System Restore: Launches the System Restore utility, which lets you fix certain types of crashes and errors by restoring your settings, drivers, and apps to a restore point that was created earlier.The “Advanced Options” menu provides a number of actions you can take to troubleshoot or repair your PC: What You Can Do on the Advanced Options Menu Note: We’re showing screenshots from Windows 10 in this article, but the process is largely the same in Windows 8.
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