Windows 10: Hello, after I had to reinstall my laptop, it keeps booting up from a USB. But when I try...

My laptop has to boot up from a USB and im like 'what happens if I lose my USB?' And I'm wondering how to stop it. Can you help me?

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Boot Surface Laptop to USB - no Volume button

Hello Jimmy,

This doesn't list the "Surface Laptop", but you might give it a try to see.

*Arrow Boot Microsoft Surface from a USB device

Otherwise, you should be able to use OPTION ONE below to boot from the USB from advanced startup.

*Arrow Boot from USB Drive on Windows 10 PC Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

 

Laptop not booting from USB

Hello.

I just found an old laptop in my closet, a Sony Vaio VGN-TZ31VN. 2GB RAM, 32-bit Windows 7 Professional. It's extremely slow, and I just wanted to reinstall Windows or install another lightweight OS for old laptops \, such as Linux Mint, by creating a bootable USB Flash with the OS. However, the USB flash doesn't boot. I've tried to go into BIOS and change the priority such that the USB Flash is the first, followed by the internal HDD (which has the Win7 installed). It doesn't seem to detect the USB and boots Windows from the HDD, even though the USB Flash is the first. I removed the internal HDD from the boot list so that only the bootable USB would be available. It says "operating system not found".

I've tried everything. "External drive boot" in BIOS is ON, the Legacy/UEFI boot option isn't there, and even if I open the boot menu pre-startup and select the USB Flash, it still boots Windows from the internal HDD.

So what is going on? Is the problem within the USB Flash, within the laptop, or am I missing something?

Thanks.

P.S. Yes, I've made sure the ISO is 32-bit so that it's compatible with the laptop, but it still doesn't boot.

And if this question is in the wrong place, sorry.

 

laptop doesnt boot automatically

This is what happened.

1. Did a repair install and later disabled hibertnate in CMD.
2. Enabled legacy option ROM in BIOS.
3. After a few times startup ( i used the system in such mode for 5 days), changed boot option back to default.
4. Vola!! It boots automatically to win10 without any keypress. Tested it with many starts to confirm the same.
5. Re-enabled hibernate option using CMD and later selected Fast Startup.
6. System booted normally, without the need for any keypress.

I do not know exactly whether such steps resolved the problem or what else happened, hence cannot suggest above steps.

Many thanks to all members who helped to troubleshoot problems.