Windows 10: Leave UEFI boot order for USB first

Is there any negative if I decide to leave my boot order so USB disk is first? Except for the obvious, that if a bootable device is installed it will boot, but for normal everyday use, I'd like to leave it set this way. Makes it a lot easier when I want to boot up my Acronis or Macrium disks.

Thanks,
Ed

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Windows 10 - Install does not properly restart

I'm running a clean install on a blank formatted drive. So after the first restart (during the installation) should it boot to the bootable usb or to the hard drive? I have the boot order set for hard drive first, usb second. The mobo is a 2008 model,
but UEFI boot is enabled. (I was running ubuntu 15.04 64-bit on this hardware before formatting the drive).

 

boot from usb

Hi,

I want to reinstall Windows 10 on HP Pavilion B&O and to boot it from USB.

I did the following steps but still it doesn't boot from USB.

1. Enable - Legancy Support

2. Disable - Secure Boot

3. Set in UEFI I Boot Order first option to be - USB Diskette on Key/USB Hard Drive

4. Set in Legancy Boot Order first option to be - USB Diskette on Key/USB Hard Drive

5. I had installed windows 10 on usb, it works because i installed it on 3 other laptops

Could you help me?

Thanks,

 

No adverse effects at all, other then noted

 

Thanks, that was what I was hoping.

 

The only negative is it can slow down the boot start up time. Only way to tell how much really is to try it.

Macrium has a great feature whereby you can create a boot entry and boot to it without even needing a usb/dvd drive unless hard drive has failed, or too badly corrupted. With this, I rarely need to use the actual usb drive, and can get to bios easily enough on rare occasion I need to, so I do not leave setting on by default.

 

And, move the boot.wim file to a second hard drive and point the boot menu entry to it and you can boot to it even if the primary drive has failed .

 

"if I decide to leave my boot order so USB disk is first?"

This is how I have mine set up. Might delay boot by a fraction of second *sarc but saves time when I actually need it.