Safe Mode lets Windows start with only essential drivers and services, allowing you to troubleshoot crashes, faulty drivers, ...

Keep Windows working nicely.

They don’t hurt anyone, but taken together, they’re better off gone.

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This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.