Windows 10: Can't access bios in windows 10 home

Hi there,
I have been having trouble accessing the bios ever since I upgraded to win 10. How can I fix this? Any help is greatly appreciated . Thanks in advance.

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System BIOS missing after Windows 10 upgrade

It's not possible for Windows to erase the BIOS because Windows can't access the BIOS. If any harm came to the BIOS that was done before Windows loaded.

 

Repairman installed Windows 10 Pro bootleg. I want to go back to Windows 10 Home Single Language

My repairman installed Windows 10 pro on my laptop which came with Windows 10 Home Single language. He probably used some tool to fool Microsoft allowing it to activate. How may I revert this back to Home Single Language so I can use the OEM license that
came with this thing?

What I've tried so far.

I have installation media for Windows 10 Home Single language. I let it run on this PC, but its only allowing me to clean install Windows 10 Pro.

I can't access the bios on this thing so I cannot get it to boot from installation media.

Please help.

 

@themagicman

If you have UEFI, try this: UEFI Firmware Settings - Boot to from inside Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

If legacy BIOS, from cold boot (power off, let sit a few minutes, power on), at the OEM logo (like Dell or HP in your case), press F8 repeatedly (tap-tap-tap-tap) until BIOS options appear.

Found this in the user manual for your laptop:

HP PCs - Configuring the Boot Order in the System BIOS | HP® Customer Support

• Turn on or restart the computer.
• While the display is blank, press the f10 key to enter the BIOS settings menu. note:
  
  The BIOS settings menu is accessible by pressing the f2 or the f6 key on some computers.

TC

 

Hi there,
Thanks for the reply. I tried that and it doesn't work.When it boots up, it doesn't show the esc key to enter into bios. What else should I do?

 

It most likely will not show it, you just have to repeatedly tap (not hold down) the proper key (don't think it was ESC). Your laptop manual has F10, but you can try F8. You have to do this BEFORE it gets past the logo screen or it's too late. If you have UEFI, the first method should work.

 

Try other keys - F2, F12, F8 for example.

 

That's up in post #2.

Also, try this... let the machine come completely up to desktop. Hold down the Shift key while you click/tap Restart. That may get you booted to BIOS. It will take you to advanced options where you can click troubleshoot and take the option to boot to UEFI.

 

That worked. I now have access to the bios . I have tried several times and it worked everytime. Thanks so much for your help guys.

 

Your welcome! Curiosity... which worked?

 

The shift key and restart

 

That's not well documented. I found it one day by trial and error. Same trick works to bypass Fast Startup/Shutdown. Shift + Shutdown will do same as powerdown without saving memory to Hiberfil.sys. Just for future reference.

 

Also, with Windows 10 fast startup enabled the computer will not actually 100% shut down. It is more of a hybrid hibernation state and thus, when restarting, it will skip the point of the very initial phase where you can enter bios with whatever hotkey the manufacturer has assigned.

To 100% shutdown with Windows 10 fast startup enabled you hold down shift key while clicking shutdown.

 

Hi Navy.. I just said that! LOL