CMD To Reboot To BIOS Settings or Safe Mode

CMD To Reboot To BIOS Settings

Instead of guessing which F key will magically boot to the BIOS settings.

Open an admin command prompt (be sure you are in system32 directory).

shutdown /r /fw

shutdown /r /fw /f /t 0

/r reboot

/fw boot to firmware interface

/f force shutdown

/t 0 no wait time

CMD To Reboot To Safe Mode

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot network

(Win10+ is hopeless at WiFi in safe mode so have a cable handy)

When leaving Safe Mode

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

Bonus:

Safe Mode Launcher by Sordum is available in Symenu if interested.

Getting Into Your Passworded BIOS

How to Reset a BIOS Password
The best method to reset a BIOS password depends on what BIOS the computer has. Common BIOS's include AMI, Award, IBM and Phoenix. Numerous other BIOS's do exist, but these are the most common.

Some BIOS's allow you to require a password be entered before the system will boot. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password to be entered before the BIOS setup may be accessed.

Comments: Trying to fix your HP/Compaq or whatever and can't get into the BIOS? Try this page. I have not tried any of this and am not needing to use it at present but the last time I needed this information I could not find it. Marked for future reference.

CMOS Clear On Laptop

I don't know if this works on every laptop but it works on some. When you power up, while bios is attempting to initialize, press and hold the power to stop the bios from full post. It may be useful when changing a NIC or other strange circumstances.