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This article is a reference, it contains buttons to enter the BIOS, to call the boot menu (it is also called Boot Menu). Often they are simply "vital" necessary for reinstalling Windows, when restoring the computer, setting up the BIOS, etc. I hope the information will be relevant and you will find the coveted key to call the desired menu.
Note:
- The information on the page will be updated and expanded from time to time;
- You can see the buttons for entering the BIOS in this article (as well as how to enter the BIOS in general :)):
- At the end of the article there are examples and explanations of abbreviations in the table, and a description of functions.
LAPTOPS
| Manufacturer | BIOS (model) | Hotkey | Function |
| Acer | Phoenix | F2 | Enter Setup |
| F12 | Boot Menu (Change Boot Device, Multi Boot Selection Menu) |
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| Alt + F10 | D2D Recovery (disk-to-disk system recovery) |
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| Asus | AMI | F2 | Enter Setup |
| ESC | Popup Menu | ||
| F4 | Easy Flash | ||
| Phoenix-Award | DEL | BIOS Setup | |
| F8 | Boot Menu | ||
| F9 | D2D Recovery | ||
| Benq | Phoenix | F2 | BIOS Setup |
| Dell | Phoenix, Aptio | F2 | Setup |
| F12 | Boot Menu | ||
| Ctrl + F11 | D2D Recovery | ||
| eMachines (Acer) | Phoenix | F12 | Boot Menu |
| Fujitsu Siemens | AMI | F2 | BIOS Setup |
| F12 | Boot Menu | ||
| Gateway (Acer) | Phoenix | Click mouse or Enter | Menu |
| F2 | BIOS Settings | ||
| F10 | Boot Menu | ||
| F12 | PXE Boot | ||
| HP (Hewlett-Packard) / Compaq | Insyde | ESC | Startup Menu |
| F1 | System Information | ||
| F2 | System Diagnostics | ||
| F9 | Boot Device Options | ||
| F10 | BIOS Setup | ||
| F11 | System Recovery | ||
| Enter | Continue Startup | ||
| Lenovo (IBM) | Phoenix SecureCore Tiano | F2 | Setup |
| F12 | MultiBoot Menu | ||
| MSI (Micro Star) | * | DEL | Setup |
| F11 | Boot Menu | ||
| TAB | Show POST screen | ||
| F3 | Recovery | ||
| Packard Bell (Acer) | Phoenix | F2 | Setup |
| F12 | Boot Menu | ||
| Samsung | * | ESC | Boot Menu |
| Toshiba | Phoenix | Esc, F1, F2 | Enter Setup |
| Toshiba Satellite A300 | F12 | Bios |
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
| Motherboard | BIOS | Hotkey | Function |
| Acer | Del | Enter Setup | |
| F12 | Boot Menu | ||
| ASRock | AMI | F2 or DEL | Run Setup |
| F6 | Instant Flash | ||
| F11 | Boot Menu | ||
| TAB | Switch screen | ||
| Asus | Phoenix-Award | DEL | BIOS Setup |
| TAB | Display BIOS POST Message | ||
| F8 | Boot Menu | ||
| Alt + F2 | Asus EZ Flash 2 | ||
| F4 | Asus Core Unlocker | ||
| BioStar | Phoenix-Award | F8 | Enable System Configuration |
| F9 | Select Booting Device after POST | ||
| DEL | Enter SETUP | ||
| ChainTech | Award | DEL | Enter SETUP |
| ALT + F2 | Enter AWDFLASH | ||
| ECS (EliteGrour) | AMI | DEL | Enter SETUP |
| F11 | BBS POPUP | ||
| FoxConn (WinFast) | TAB | POST Screen | |
| DEL | SETUP | ||
| ESC | Boot Menu | ||
| GigaByte | Award | ESC | Skip memory test |
| DEL | Enter SETUP / Q-Flash | ||
| F9 | Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery 2 |
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| F12 | Boot Menu | ||
| Intel | AMI | F2 | Enter SETUP |
| MSI (MicroStar) | Enter SETUP |
REFERENCE (according to the above tables)
BIOS Setup (also Enter Setup, BIOS Settings, or just BIOS)- this is the button to enter BIOS settings... You need to press it after turning on the computer (laptop), moreover, it is better several times until the screen appears. Depending on the manufacturer of the equipment, the name may vary slightly.
Boot Menu (also Change Boot Device, Popup Menu)- a very useful menu that allows you to select the device from which the device will boot. Moreover, to select a device, you do not need to enter the BIOS and change the boot queue. That is, for example, you need to install Windows OS - pressed the Boot Menu entry button, selected the installation USB flash drive, and after rebooting, the computer will automatically boot from hard disk(and no unnecessary BIOS settings).
An example of a Boot Menu is an HP laptop (Boot Option Menu).
D2D Recovery (also Recovery)- Windows recovery function on laptops. Allows you to quickly restore the device's performance from a hidden partition hard disk. To be honest, I personally do not like to use this function, tk. recovery in laptops, often, "crooked", works clumsy and it is not always possible to select detailed settings "how and what" ... I prefer installation and Windows recovery from a bootable USB flash drive.
Easy Flash - used for BIOS updates(not recommended for beginners ...).
System Information - system information about the laptop and its components (for example, this option is available on HP laptops).
PS
For additions on the topic of the article - thanks in advance. Your information (for example, the buttons to enter the BIOS on your laptop model) will be added to the article. All the best!
Most often we remember about BIOS ( Basic System I / O) only when we need to reinstall operating system and you need to set it to boot from a disk or flash drive. I have often written about this in articles such as:, and others. Now I want to put together and refer only to this article when necessary. This article will be useful for all versions of BIOS and for different firms... A kind of unified directory
The first thing you need to know is that BIOS is divided by manufacturer and version.
To change boot method in BIOS- you must first enter it.
You can, of course, find out what version and manufacturer of your BIOS, from the manual that comes with the computer.
You can also find out by looking at the line at the top of the black screen at boot time (the manufacturer will be indicated there).
Well, then enter the BIOS, knowing what kind of BIOS you have.
In some versions of the BIOS there is no such screen with displaying lines. There is simply a logo and at the bottom it says something like "Press F2 to enter SETUP" and then press F2. If there is just a logo and there are no inscriptions - press ESC, and then del or f2
Here is a small list of manufacturers and keyboard shortcuts for entering BIOS:
Also, at the bottom of the black screen, the keys are written to enter the BIOS and to display the list, which contains available devices to download and so that you can boot from it. But about him at the end of the article.
As you can see - most often you need to press a key F2 or Del.
Now you need to put a USB flash drive or disk in the boot.
Let's look at a few examples that differ from the BIOS manufacturer.
Setting up Award Bios for booting from a USB stick or disk:
The main window looks like this, in which we need the second item:
Further depends on the firmware version. In one case, you will need to go to an item similar to "Boot Seq & Floppy Setup"
otherwise, you don't need to go anywhere - everything will be right before your eyes
Click on First Boot Device(First boot device), click Enter and such a window will appear
in which you need to select the disk or flash drive that will be launched first. You can specify the Second boot device, for example, but usually the BIOS fills in this data itself.
On a note:
If you choose a flash drive, then, among other things, you also need to go to the "Hard Disk Boot Priority" item and move our flash drive to the very top using the "+" and "-" or "PageUp" and "PageDown" buttons:
It is also worth remembering that in order for the BIOS to see the USB flash drive, it must be connected before turning on or before rebooting
Then we press "F10" (for the exact key, see the prompt at the bottom of the screen with the name "Save", "Exit") or go to the main BIOS menu and select the item "Save and Exit Setup". In the red window, select "Yes" with the "Y" button on the keyboard and press "Enter"
The computer will reboot and when booting from the Windows installation disc, you may be prompted for a few seconds "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD ..."
Which translates as "Press any button to boot from CD or DVD".
This means that if at this moment you do not press any button on the keyboard, the computer will continue to boot from the next device in the list.
Another kind of this BIOS:
I only met this on old computers ten years ago until 2003. The main menu looks like this:
To customize the boot order, you need to go to the menu BIOS FEATURES SETUP:
At this point, we just select with the PageUp and PageDown buttons (or Enter and arrows) what to put first - CDROM or USB flash drive. Don't forget the second and third device
And further:
How to choose where to boot from in AMI BIOS
If, after entering BIOS, you see such a screen, then you have AMI BIOS:
Use the "right arrow" button on the keyboard to move to the Boot tab:
Go to "Hard Disk Drives" and in the line "1st Drive" (may be called "First Drive") select a disk or flash drive:
Next, go to "Boot Device Priority", go to "1st Boot Device" and select from the list what you have selected in the previous tab (ie if you have selected a USB flash drive in Hard Disk Drives, then you need to specify it here too. This is important! )
To boot from a CD / DVD disk, you need to select "ATAPI CD-ROM" (or simply "CDROM") in this menu, while there is no need to go to the previous menu "Hard Disk Drives".
Now we save the results by pressing "F10" or go to the BIOS section "Exit" and select "Exit Saving Changes".
Another AMI BIOS, but everything is clear here:
Configuring Phoenix-Award Bios to Boot from a USB Flash Drive
If, after entering BIOS, you see such a screen, then you have a Phoenix-Award BIOS:
We go to the “Advanced” tab and opposite the “First Boot Device” set what you need (USB flash drive or disk):
Save with F10
EFI (UEFI) Bios setup with graphical interface to boot from a USB stick
Now you won't surprise anyone with this. Almost all new computers come with this kind of shell. You can read more about it in the article.
When loading, at the bottom of the screen there is a section "Boot Priority", where you can use the mouse (drag and drop) pictures to set the desired boot order.
You can also click in the right upper corner button "Exit / Advanced mode" and select Advanced mode in the appeared window.
Next, go to the "Boot" tab and in the section Boot Option Priorities in the "Boot Option # 1" field, set the default boot device to a USB flash drive, DVD-ROM, hard disk or other available device.
How to boot from a USB flash drive or disk without entering BIOS
This is what I wrote about almost at the very beginning of the article.
This is when you need to press a key once and a window with a choice of loading will appear. This method does not change the BIOS settings.
Usually Award BIOS offers to press "F9" to call the boot menu, and AMI asks to press "F8". On notebooks, this may be the "F12" key.
In general - look at the bottom line and look for items like "Press F8 for BBS POPUP" or "Press F9 to Select Booting Device after POST".
Why can't I boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS?
Possible reasons: 
On ancient computers, there is generally no way to boot from USB sticks. If there is no newer BIOS, then the project can help.
1) Download from the link above latest version"Plop Boot Manager" and unpack it.
2) The archive contains files: plpbt.img - an image for a floppy disk, and plpbt.iso - an image for a CD-ROM.
3) We write the image to disk and boot from it (or from a floppy disk).
4) A menu will appear in which we select our USB flash drive and boot from it already.
Small decoding of drive designations when choosing:
Do not forget after you have done what you wanted (namely, why did you change the boot in the BIOS) - return the boot settings back so that the computer boots from the hard drive.
There are sometimes quite unpleasant situations when the operating system crashes. And the original disk is required for recovery. If one is not available, you can write the image to a regular USB flash drive. But here's the problem - what to do when there is no boot from a USB flash drive in the BIOS? Many users simply do not know what to do and are lost in this matter. Let's try to dot all the i's.
How to enable it in BIOS using the simplest method?
To set these parameters, you first need to decide how exactly the BIOS will be entered. The most common way is to use the Del, F2, F12 and more keys.
However, on the same laptops Sony Vaio access is via special button ASSIST, rendered on the keyboard panel. On some laptops, the BIOS can only be accessed by invoking the primary boot menu using the Esc key.
How to set the boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS? It's very simple. After calling the I / O system, you need to go to the boot section (Boot). Here you need to find the boot priority line, which may have different names, depending on the developer and manufacturer of the BIOS (Boot Device Priority, Boot Sequence, etc.). In any case, something in this spirit will be present. But that's not the point.
What if there is no boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS?
It also happens that the bootable USB flash drive is not recognized by the primary I / O system. With what it can be connected? There are usually several reasons for this:
- incorrectly recorded image or installation distribution;
- damage to the USB media itself.
There are several steps to take to make sure all the steps for booting from a USB flash drive are correct. For now, we will leave the question of how to enable booting from a USB flash drive in BIOS in the background, and will move on to pressing problems.
Checking in the "Device Manager"
Let's start with the last point. When checking the device itself for its functionality, there can be two options: either it is faulty by itself, or the accompanying driver is missing or incorrectly installed, which is responsible for recognizing the flash drive by the operating system.
In case of malfunctions, everything is clear. The device will simply have to be replaced. But here's what to do when it is in working order (at least determined on another computer or laptop)? You need to check its functionality. And to do this, in the simplest form, you just need to insert it into the appropriate USB port 2.0 / 3.0, and then call the standard "Device Manager" through the "Control Panel" or use the command devmgmt in the "Run" menu bar (Win + R).
Suppose that after insertion into the port In the manager, it may either not be displayed, or displayed with a yellow icon on which it is present. In the second case, everything is simple: you need to install or reinstall the driver. It is very possible that the system itself does not find a suitable driver, although it should do it automatically. But this mostly concerns non-standard devices. Flash drives like Transcend are usually recognized immediately.
If the device is not displayed in the corresponding manager, there can also be two reasons: either the corresponding driver of the universal USB controller is not installed, or the port itself is faulty. Again, you should install the driver (the controller is indicated in yellow or is absent in the manager at all), or try plugging the USB flash drive into a different port. It should be borne in mind that if the device is designed exclusively for data transmission only with USB support 3.0, it will not be detected when connected to a standard 2.0 port.
Formatting partitions of a USB device
We will leave aside the question of how to boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS, and move on to the procedures without which even recording an image for installing the system on a device may be in vain.
First of all, if the device has problems in operation or no action can be taken with it, you should first format it. At the same time, it is undesirable to do a quick cleaning of the table of contents, but it is better to make full formatting... Only in this case the file system contained on it will ensure correct data transfer and reading.
Such an operation is performed in the standard "Explorer". On the device, you just need to right-click and select the appropriate line from the menu. In the new window, be sure to remove the "birdie" from the quick formatting line, and then activate the start of the process. This may take a long time depending on the total volume.
Creating a bootable distribution
If we consider the question of how to set the boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS, even wider, you cannot ignore the issue of creating boot image and transferring it to the drive. This can be done using the UltraISO utility or similar.
However, the source must use the original installation Windows disk... Actually, it is not so difficult, so there is no point in dwelling on this in detail. And if there is no boot from a USB flash drive in the BIOS, in the future it all comes down to correctly transferring the image or unpacked distribution files to the drive. You have to tinker a little here.
Preparing the media
If you use the system's own resources, even after formatting with a USB device, you need to perform a number of additional actions (it is assumed that the image has already been created from the original disk using the same UltraISO programs or even 7-Zip, and the flash drive is operational and connected to a computer or laptop).
First we call command line(cmd in the "Run" menu), required on behalf of the system administrator. In the console that appears, enter and press the enter button.
After that, we use the list disk command, again, followed by pressing the Enter key, after which we look at the available disks and remember the number of the USB device. You can use the diskmgmt.msc command from the Run menu to accurately check the USB drive number.
Now in the console you need to enter select command disk and specify the number of the desired disk separated by a space. Next, the device should be cleaned of its contents with the clean command.
The next step is to create a primary boot partition... This is done using the create partition primary command followed by input. After the confirmation of the successful operation appears on the screen, we use the select partition 1 command, then - active (to activate the selected partition) and finally - format fs = ntfs quick for formatting with a choice If you need to create a FAT32 file system, use a similar format fs command = fat32 quick.
The next step is to assign a name to the device using the assign command (the name will be assigned automatically). Finally, enter exit and exit. The bootable USB device is now ready for use. It remains only to correctly transfer the distribution files to it.
Transferring data to a USB flash drive
At this stage, no configuration is needed. We do not need a BIOS for booting from a USB flash drive yet, but we will need the 7-Zip program. In its simplest form, it can be used to correctly copy the installation files to the media (roughly speaking, extract them from the image).
Launching the Zip utility File manager from the standard "Explorer", then select the image of the installation distribution that was previously created or downloaded from the Internet, specify the USB flash drive as the target device and confirm the actions by clicking OK. At the end of the process, the media will be completely ready for use.
Start loading
And now we turn to the question of how to install a boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS directly. We reboot the system and at the initial stage press a key or key combination to enter the BIOS settings. Usually these are Del, F2, F12 (for ASUS laptops, BIOS boot from a USB flash drive is carried out in this way), but other keys or combinations described above can also be used. Depending on the manufacturer of the equipment, you may first need to call the main menu. This situation is typical for laptops like HP - booting from a USB flash drive (BIOS) is installed in a slightly different way, although the operations themselves are very similar.
In the Boot section, look for the Boot Device Priority item and look at the line 1-st Boot Device. By pressing the PgDn key, select the desired device, after which we exit with saving the parameters (as a rule, this is done using the F10 key). This is followed by a reboot, and the installation starts automatically.
However, it is not enough to know how to choose a boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS. It is important to remember that you should only call the settings of the primary I / O system with a USB device connected before starting the computer or laptop. Otherwise, the flash drive will simply not be recognized.
How do I fix the problem?
Now let's look at the situation when the device seems to be working, since all the above actions are supposedly performed correctly, but in fact there is still no boot from a USB flash drive in the BIOS. How to proceed in this case?
We use the same command line. Suppose that the USB device in the system is designated by the letter F, and the optical drive is E. Now you need to register the command E: \ Boot \ bootsect.exe / nt60 F: (F is a USB flash drive in our case, and E is a floppy drive).
Alternative method
If that doesn't work, we enter the following one at a time:
F: \ Boot \ bootsect.exe / nt60 F:
After that, everything will certainly work as expected.
Compatibility issues
If none of the above methods helps, first you should pay attention to the state of the drivers. In the very the best option you can use programs like Driver Booster that can update drivers automatically.
If everything is fine with them, the reason may be that the user is trying to install a 32-bit system over a 64-bit one. In addition, the file system on a USB-drive and the installation distribution kit can also differ in bitness. Actually, the flash drive itself may not support USB ports 3.0 in which it is included. You need to be very careful here.
Instead of a total
That, in fact, is all that concerns how to set the boot from a USB flash drive in BIOS. Of course, many users may have questions about the advisability of using the system's own means for preliminary actions, because automated programs make it much faster and easier. But here I would like to note that such knowledge is extremely important, and programs in case of failures in access to the Internet are also not always at hand.
But a prerequisite, as is already clear, is a disk image that is created on the basis of the original or downloaded from the Internet. Without it, nowhere. It remains to add that attention should also be focused on the bitness of the installed system, since the 32-bit version is on top of the 64-bit version without formatting system partition will not be installed. This is only due to the fact that for OS versions 32 bits are required and for 64-bit modifications - at least NTFS. And on the flash drive itself, the corresponding file systems FAT or NTFS, not UDP, as is sometimes the case. As for the volume, 4 GB will be quite enough for any system, including even the tenth modification that is gaining popularity.
Boot order, in translation, means the sequence or literally the order of the boot, if there are many boot options - from a hard disk, flash drive, network, CD / DVD drive, then you need to sort them somehow in order, and set the main one first, this will significantly reduce the turn-on time and boot the computer, because he does not have to go through all the boot options in search of the current one.
How to configure the boot order Boot order in BIOS
There are several options for settings, menu items can be named differently and located in different places, but there are only two fundamentally different options:
- The Boot order menu specifies specific devices which can be arranged in order
- In the Boot order menu, the types of devices are indicated in order, and if there are more than one of them, then there is an additional menu item in which specific devices can be built in order.
The first option is more common and a little easier to configure, you need to find the menu with boot settings, usually it is called Boot or Startup, this page displays the boot settings of a computer or laptop, their list depends on the manufacturer, in the example Boot order is simply called Boot, but it may have a different name, go to it:
We see the Boot Priority Order menu and on the left there is an instruction on how to change the order, in general, use the up / down arrows to select the desired item and use the + and - keys to raise it in the list or release it accordingly:
After setting, we exit to the previous menu, in the overwhelming majority of BIOS, the exit is Esc. In the example, there is also a Boot Order Lock item - it is needed in order to fix the boot order and it did not change when connecting other devices from which boot is possible, indirectly it also increases the security of your device - an attacker will not be able to connect bootable USB drive and boot from it:
The second option is most often found on old computers, here in Boot Device Priority the types of devices are lined up according to the list - hard drives, flash drives, network, etc., and in the Hard Disk Drives item, which is not always nearby, you can configure the boot priority already from specific devices:
We configure, save the settings, reboot and check that everything works as it should. Below are a few more examples of where to look for the Boot Order setting, on very old computers this option is found:
We go to the Advanced BIOS Features menu, in the "Boot Order" rectangle - the first, second and, accordingly, the third boot device, from the drop-down menu you need to select the type if hard drives several (flash drives are also often counted as HDD) then in the very first paragraph - Hard Disk Boot Priority, you can specify their priority: 
The Boot Order item can be hidden in an unexpected place: 
How to customize Boot order in UEFI
Setting up Boot Order in UEFI does not differ much from that in BIOS, and is performed using almost the same algorithm.
We go into the UEFI BIOS, when turned on, a hint is usually displayed at the bottom of the screen about how to do this, for computers in 99% of cases it is F2 or DEL, for laptops there are more options Esc, F1, F2, F10, F11, F12 (sometimes they need to be pressed together with the Fn button) generally try. Everything is simple for me, you can press F2 or DEL:
I press and get into UEFI, the interface of all manufacturers is more or less standardized and built according to the same principle, immediately after entering UEFI you get to an information screen with general data about the computer and readings of the main parameters of temperatures, voltages, etc. Here you can immediately go to the Boot Priority menu and set everything up, but we will go the old fashioned way - we are looking for a way to switch to advanced mode, usually there is either a corresponding button (indicated by an arrow in the picture below), or there is a key below which you can use to switch to Advanced Mode in our case F7, press: 
Here we select with up and down arrows or with the mouse - Advanced Mode
And we find ourselves in the extended menu, which vaguely resembles BIOS, only richer in graphical terms, here we go to the Boot section and then to Hard Drives BBS Priorities:
and set the boot priority by selecting the required hard disk from the drop-down menu opposite each Boot Option item:
After the Boot Order setup is completed, click on Exit at the top, select Save Changes & Reset to save the settings and restart the computer:
We reboot and check that the download went immediately from the specified device, without wasting time for polling the rest.
In general, as you can see, there is no difficulty in setting up the Boot Order, and with the help of this article you can easily fix boot problems on your computer or laptop, if something does not work out - write in the comments, preferably right from the photo, I will tell you where to reap ...
Today I will tell you how to enable booting from a USB flash drive in BIOS different manufacturers... It doesn't matter what version you have, the order of body movements will be as follows:
1. We insert our bootable USB flash drive into the usb connector of our computer. I recommend inserting it into a port located directly on motherboard, i.e. from the back of the system unit.
2. Turn on the computer and press the key Delete(or F2) to get into the BIOS. Depending on the manufacturer and BIOS version, other keys (Esc, F1, Tab) can also be used, so you need to carefully read the prompts on the screen.
In BIOS, we can move through the tabs only using the keyboard.
Below I will describe in detail this process by the example of the most used BIOS versions.
Attention! Remember that if you install the operating system from a USB flash drive or CD and select the boot device in the BIOS, and not in the boot menu, then after the first automatic restart of Windows, you must enter the BIOS again and return to boot from the hard disk. If this is not done, the autoload from the USB flash drive or CD will work again, and Windows will start the first stage of the procedure again. installation.
Setting up Award Bios to boot from a USB flash drive
Award Bios:
First, let's check if the USB controller is turned on. Go to “Integrated Peripherals”. We go down with the arrow on the keyboard to the item “USB Controller”. Press the “Enter” key and select “Enable” in the window that appears (also using “Enter”). Opposite “USB Controller 2.0” should also be “Enable”.
We leave this tab by pressing "Esc".
Then we go to “Advanced BIOS Features” - “Hard Disk Boot Priority”.Now, in my example, the hard drive is in the first place, and the flash drive should be.
We stand on the line with the name of our flash drive (Patriot Memory) and raise it to the very top using the “+” key on the keyboard.
We leave from here by pressing "Esc".
Configuring AMI Bios to boot from a USB flash drive
If, upon entering Bios, you see such a screen, then you have AMI Bios:
First, let's check if the USB controller is turned on. Go to the “Advanced” - “USB Configuration” tab.
Opposite the items “USB Function” and “USB 2.0 Controller” should be “Enabled”.
If this is not the case, we stand on this line and press the “Enter” key. From the list that appears, select “Enabled” (also using “Enter”).
Then we exit this tab by pressing “Esc”.
Go to the tab “Boot” - “Hard Disk Drives”.
Now my hard drive is in the first place, but I need to put a USB flash drive here. We stand on the first line, press “Enter” and in the window that appears, select our Patriot Memory flash drive.
It should be like this:
We leave from here through "Esc".
Choose “Boot Device Priority”. Here, the first boot device must be a USB flash drive.
Press Esc.
Then we exit BIOS, saving all the settings made. To do this, go to “Exit” - “Exit & Save Changes” - “OK”.
Configuring Phoenix-Award Bios to Boot from a USB Flash Drive
If, upon entering Bios, you see such a screen, then you have Phoenix-Award BIOS :
First, let's check if the USB controller is turned on. We go to the “Peripherals” tab - opposite the “USB Controller” and “USB 2.0 Controller” items there should be “Enabled”.
Then go to the “Advanced” tab and set “USB-HDD” opposite the “First Boot Device”.
After that, we exit Bios, saving the changes. To do this, go to “Exit” - “Save & Exit Setup” - press the key “Y” - “Enter”
This is practically everything you need to know in order to boot from a USB flash drive. In my article, I described the process of configuring BIOS for the most popular versions: Award and AMI... The third example presents Phoenix-Award Bios, which is much less common.
V different versions BIOS, the described procedure may differ slightly. But the main thing is that you understand the very principle of setting.
By the way, I would also like to add: in order to choose which device your computer will boot from, it is not necessary to change the settings in the BIOS. You can immediately call up a special menu after turning on the computer to select boot devices (this can be done with the F8, F10, F11, F12 or Esc key). In order not to guess with the keys - we look carefully at the monitor immediately after switching on. We need to have time to see an inscription like this: “Press Esc to selest boot device”. In my case it was necessary to press “Esc”.
