Windows 10: Booting from USB

Why all the fuzz

in 99.99% of the cases you just want to boot from your Hard Drive
so.... set your bios accordingly (first boot option Hard Drive)

In case you need to boot rom USB / DVD or....????
Press F12 (works on 70% of the bios versions)
and if that fails...... change the boot order for that ONE time that you need it. (and back when done)

I would not create such a fuzz over something so simple *Smile

 

follow the following link it might help https://social.technet.microsoft.com...tprovistasetup

 

The OP can boot to Windows. The issue only happens when a non bootable thumb drive is plugged in on boot up. Un plug the thumb drive and Windows boots up. It's a BIOS issue.

 

Its not a issue it's normal.

 

OK, fine, It's an issue with the way the BIOS is configured. *Tongue

 

My boot order has always been CD first , then Hard drive. I wanted to try the USB boot so I put it as the second choice, in between CD and HDD thinking it would work the same as CD boot. I have now reverted back to my original setup. It originally was Hard Drive only and I noticed that when I changed it to CD first, then HDD, the boot process slowed down very slightly but that's fine. I want to retain the CD boot capability. I have never tried that F12 trick. I'll have to see it that works. This system goes through the posting process so fast that it's very hard to even get into the BIOS. I have to spam the delete key like mad right after the first beep and that doesn't even work sometimes. It is not a UEFI system.