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How to create a rEFInd bootloader for Windows Safe Mode?

2021-02-05
2021-02-13
  • Dondy Guillemer

    Dondy Guillemer - 2021-02-05

    Good day guys,

    I need some help on how do i create a menuentry in config file for Windows Safe Mode.
    I know that shell.efi can be loaded from rEFInd so I think making it work will be possible.
    This will be useful as well if your have a major issues with your PC and need to boot in Safe Mode easily in rEFind grub.
    If you guys have some info, i would be very happy if you can share. Thanks in advance.

     
  • Roderick W. Smith

    Many PC manufacturers provide a recovery partition with an associated Windows boot loader, and rEFInd can detect these automatically for at least two manufacturers. Unfortunately, details vary from one brand to another, and as I don't personally collect Windows computers from various manufacturers, my own ability to improve this support is limited.

    There may also be a way to do what you want for a "generic" Windows installation by appending options to be passed to the standard boot loader; however, I don't know what options would do this. If you learn what options are involved, please share the information with me and I can add a submenu to rEFInd's Windows icon to simplify the task.

     

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