Windows 10: How do I change boot order to boot from WinPE emergency CD-R?

The CD looks correct. One thing you can try is with the CD in the drive, click on the power icon, hold down the shift key and click on Restart. On the troubleshooting menu that comes up, click on boot from device and then select the CD/DVD rom drive.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

 

I don't see the option boot from device under advanced options. Would it now be called something else?

 

SOURCE: USB "Boot Menu" Phoenix Award BIOS | USB Pen Drive Linux





3. Use the arrow keys to select the Hard Disk option from the menu and press Enter to accept.

You should now see a menu similar to that shown below:





4. Your USB device should be listed. Use the arrow keys to select your USB Disk then press enter.

 

The PROBLEM is you are using a DVD-RW disk..... Or at least so named drive..

Use DVD-R...

The DVD-RW (Rewrite) will not finalize and thus is not bootable

Would Suggest using a FAT32 Formatted USB Stick

 

The ISO file does not fit on a 700mb CD-R; I just tried that yesterday, so you definitely don't have a bootable CD if this is the size you used.

Are there CD sizes larger than the standard 700 mb? I don't know. Try using a flash drive.

 

First I tried a CD-R and it actually shows all the files on it. I also tried a DVD-R (Not RW sorry).
I will try using another optical drive or a USB stick and report back.

Ok I used a USB stick (NTFS is what I had available) and it booted up from that with no issues!
I tried another optical drive (USB connection) and it did not work, it just booted into windows.

I don't know why it won't boot from a disk, but at least I have a USB stick that works.

Thanks everyone for all your help.

 

Hm, unsure of why it wouldn't boot into the disc...

Perhaps it could be related to the 4 flash drives that are plugged into the computer? *Shock

I would try unplugging all other media from the computer and trying again to boot from the CD. It seems you got it worked out by using a flash drive, but it could be something to check if you like for future reference.

 

I have a USB stick plugged in for the keyboard and that's about it. The rest are available to use.

It does bug me that it won't boot from a disk.

 

I noticed that there were 4 flash drives plugged in. Are they still showing up even though there are none plugged in? E: F: G: and H: drives are all taken by "USB Flash Drive" it seems. Could be unrelated or could have no effect, just thought that was interesting and could potentially throw off the BIOS or something.

 

I have two systems, one with an Insyde bios, the other a Pheonix Award bios. When I want to boot from a CD/DVD (for Insyde it's F12 to get to the boot menu) they both behave the same way. If a bootable disk is detected it first says:

Press any key to boot from CD or DVD . . .

I then have about 3 seconds to hit any key on my keyboard, if I don't it will ignore the CD and boot from the HDD instead.

 

The thing is that the only thing plugged in is the keyboard by USB. The printer is by wifi and that's it. I have speakers but that's not a USB connection.

 

when I hit F12 I get a list of things to boot from and when I choose CD ROM it just boots into Windows.

 

That does sound like the CD you made isn't bootable. You said earlier you burned the files to a CD. Did you just copy them from a bootable USB? That isn't sufficient to make the CD bootable.

Windows 10 can make a bootable recovery CD for you. Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Back up and Restore (Windows 7). Click the item on the left that says 'Create a system repair disk' and use a CD-R. That will be bootable.

 

I made a WinPE bootable disk using Todo backup software.

This method worked using a USB flash drive

 

I just got a WinPE bootable disk made in compatable mode to boot up