By Sophia | Last Updated
The Advanced Boot Options menu is essentially a boot menu. In it, you can access menus for boot settings, safe mode, and various other boot methods, and you can also use them to help you access and repair Windows 11. You must do this if your operating system is having problems starting or running. It allows you to start Windows in Advanced Troubleshooting mode. You can access this menu by turning on your computer and then pressing F8/F12 before Windows 11 starts.
In this article, I will share a quick guide on how to set Windows 11 to enter the advanced boot options menu. First, let's understand what the advanced boot options include.
It can be used to fix startup problems, run diagnostics or restore a list of system recovery tools. This option is only available after these tools have been installed on your computer's hard drive. If you have the Windows installation CD, you can find these system recovery tools inside that CD.
Start Windows with a minimal set of drivers and services.
Start Windows in safe mode, including the network drivers and services needed to access the Internet or other computers on your network.
Use a Command Prompt window to start Windows in Safe Mode instead of booting through the normal Windows interface.
Create the file ntbtlog.txt, which lists all drivers that are installed during boot and may be useful for advanced troubleshooting.
Start Windows with the current video driver and low resolution and refresh rate settings. You can use this mode to reset the display settings.
Boot Windows in advanced troubleshooting mode for IT professionals and system administrators.
Prevent Windows from restarting automatically when an error causes Windows to fail. Select this option only if Windows is stuck in a loop (i.e. Windows fails, tries to restart, and then fails again).
Allow installation of drivers that contain improper signatures.
Start Windows in normal mode.
Step 1: Insert the USB drive in your computer and open This PC in the File Explorer, you can see that the USB drive has been identified and assigned a drive letter F.
Step 2: Click Search on the taskbar to open the panel, then type: Create a recovery drive in the search box to search, click Open when you find it.
Step 3: Agree to the program's changes to the device and click Yes.
Step 4: In the Recovery Drive window, uncheck Back up system files to the recovery drive. Click Next to continue.
Step 5: Select the USB flash drive and click Next.
Step 6: Click Create option.
Step 7: Then it will start creating the recovery drive.
Step 8: When you are done creating, click Finish to close this window.
Step 9: Open F drive in the File Explorer and you will see that you have finished creating the recovery drive.
Step 1: Press the keyboard shortcut F8 or F12 immediately when booting your computer to open the BIOS/UEFI's Select boot device screen and use the down arrow on your keyboard to select the USB drive.
Step 2: Select the USB drive and open it.
Step 1: Once you enter the WinRE system, select US to open it
Step 2: Then select Troubleshoot to open it.
Step 3: Select Command Prompt and open it.
Step 4: Type the command: diskpart and press Enter to open the diskpart program.
Step 5: Enter the command: list volume and press Enter to list all volumes of the disk. You can see that volume 3 is an EFI partition.
Step 6: Enter the command: select volume 3 and press Enter to select volume 3.
Step 7: Enter the command: assign letter=S Then press the Enter key to set the drive letter of volume 3 to: S.
Step 8: Type the command: list volume and press Enter to list all volumes of the disk again. You can see that the drive number of volume 3 has been set to: S.
Step 9: Type the command: exit and press Enter to exit the diskpart program.
Step 1: Enter the command: bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD, then press the Enter key, this is to use the bcdedit command to view the configuration information of the BCD under the path S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\.
Step 2: You need to change the bootmenupolicy option for the identifier {default} to: Legacy.
Step 3: Enter the command: bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /set {default} bootmenupolicy Legacy, then press Enter, this is to use the bcdedit command to specify S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\path under BCD, modify the bootmenupolicy option for the identifier {default} to: Legacy.
Step 4: Finish using the bcdedit command to specify the BCD under the path S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ and modify the bootmenupolicy option for the identifier {default} to: Legacy.
Step 5: Enter the command: wpeutil reboot and press Enter to restart the computer.
Step 6: Reboot your computer and wait for the BIOS/UEFI to boot and immediately press the keyboard shortcut F8 to enter the Advanced Boot Options menu interface and select the desired option to enter.
