Hot keys (buttons): BIOS boot menu, Boot Menu, Boot Agent, BIOS Setup. Laptops and computers

Instructions

If you have installed a second OS Windows on your computer, then at When the system starts, you need to select the one you need and wait 30 seconds before it starts or press Enter. This is quite inconvenient, so the choice of operating system and its startup parameters must be configured correctly.

Open Control Panel: “Start” - “Control Panel”. Find and open the “System” line, select the “Advanced” tab in the window that opens. On it, find the “Boot and Recovery” section and click the “Options” button.

The operating system boot settings window will open in front of you. If you wish, you can remove the operating system selection window altogether at start by unchecking the “Display list of operating systems” checkbox. In this case, the system that loaded by default will boot. In the line “Operating system loaded by default”, you can select any OS you need.

Despite the possibility of the above option, it is better not to disable the selection menu, even if you only use one operating system. In case of problems with the main OS, you can always boot from the second one, save important files and calmly begin restoring the main OS. If the selection menu is disabled, you will not have this option.

To avoid waiting 30 seconds for loading, change the time in the “Display list of operating systems” line from 30 seconds to 3. Three seconds is enough to select a different OS if necessary. In the “Show recovery options” line, leave 30 seconds. You can bring up the recovery options menu by pressing at system start F8. If the operating system for some reason at If it refuses to boot, select “Load last known known configuration” from the list of recovery options. Very often this is enough for a successful download.

If you also have Linux installed along with Windows, Grub, the most common Linux boot loader, usually takes over the loader functions. To configure the download - to at If you choose which OS will boot by default, you can go two ways. The first is to edit the grub.cfg configuration file. Specific configuration options vary depending on your Linux version, so look online for them. And the second, easier way is to install the startupmanager program. It will help you configure the loading of operating systems in graphical mode.

Tip 2: How to remove the operating system selection at boot

If your computer has more than one operating room systems, then by default during the boot process the user is offered a menu choice the desired OS. It closes according to a timer (usually after 20-30 seconds). If you do not use this menu, then there is no need to endure an extra 20-30 seconds each time. It is better to change the corresponding settings once operating room systems and completely eliminate the procedure choice OS at boot.

Instructions

To commit the changes made to the OS configuration, click the “OK” button.

Video on the topic

Many users install several operating systems on their computer at once. This solution has both its advantages and disadvantages. By correctly configuring the OS boot, you can significantly improve the comfort of working on your computer.

Instructions

If two Windows operating systems are installed on the computer, then the user at system start at You need to select the desired OS and press Enter or wait 30 seconds until the default operating system starts automatically. These settings can be changed by selecting more convenient system startup options.

Probably everyone knows that in order to boot from a disk drive or flash drive you need to set the order of devices to boot in the BIOS. For example, in order to start, you need to boot from this very disk. To do this, you need to set the disk drive as the first boot device in the BIOS.

However, you don’t have to go into the BIOS and change nothing there. Just after turning on the computer, just press the boot menu key and in the list of devices that appears, select the one from which to boot. Selecting a boot device in the boot menu has no effect on BIOS settings. That is, this menu affects specifically a specific boot, and if you do not call it afterwards, the computer or laptop will boot as configured in the BIOS.

How to call the boot menu - keys for calling the BIOS boot menu

So, we figured out what the boot menu is in BIOS. Now I’ll tell you what hotkeys you use to call it. There is no standard here. It all depends on the manufacturer of the PC or laptop motherboard and on the version of the BIOS installed there. So, for example, calling the boot menu asus differs from how to call the boot menu on an acer or sony vaio laptop.

In most cases, the key to call up the boot device selection menu is F12 , but some manufacturers use their own key combinations. Particular attention can be paid to the boot menu Samsung and HP. To get to the boot menu of a Samsung laptop you need to press Esc (just one time!). If you click on Esc at least twice, the boot menu will close before it can open. Therefore, you need to calculate and accurately hit the time by pressing the boot menu hotkey. This can be quite difficult to do without some skill.

Calling the boot menu on HP laptops is also specific. To do this, you first need to click Esc , after which the laptop service menu will appear. In it we already select the desired item (by pressing the hot key). To call the HP boot menu, press F9 .

For some manufacturers, the device to be loaded into the menu is selected using the cursor keys; for others, you need to press a key with a number indicating the serial number of the device in the list.

Below is a table that is easy to understand. This is a table of correspondence between hotkeys for calling up the menu for selecting the boot device, motherboard manufacturer and BIOS.

Yes, and one last clarification. In some cases, boot menu hotkeys are disabled by default in the BIOS. To be able to use the boot menu, you need to enable it in the BIOS settings. Typically this function is called F12 Boot Menu . To enable this feature, you must set its value to Enabled .

In addition to the keys for calling the boot menu, the table shows keys for entering the BIOS.

The Boot Menu can be called up when turned on on most laptops and computers; this menu is a BIOS or UEFI option and allows you to quickly select which drive to boot the computer from this time. In this instruction we will show you how to enter the Boot Menu on popular laptop models and PC motherboards.

The described feature may be useful if you needed to boot from a Live CD or bootable flash drive to install Windows and more - it is not necessary to change the boot order in the BIOS; as a rule, selecting the desired boot device in the Boot Menu once is enough. On some laptops, the same menu also gives access to the recovery partition of the laptop.

First, we will write general information on entering the Boot Menu, nuances for laptops with pre-installed Windows 8, 8.1, and soon Windows 10. And then - specifically for each brand: for laptops Asus, Lenovo, Samsung and others, motherboards Gigabyte, MSI, Intel, etc. Below there is also a video that shows and explains the entrance to such a menu.

General information on entering the BIOS boot menu

Just as to enter the BIOS (or configure the UEFI software) when you turn on the computer, you need to press a certain key, usually Del or F2, so there is a similar key to call the Boot Menu. In most cases, this is F12, F11, Esc, but there are other options, which I will write about below (sometimes information about what you need to press to call the Boot Menu appears immediately on the screen when you turn on the computer, but not always).

Moreover, if all you need is to change the boot order and you need to do this for some one-time action (installing Windows, checking for viruses), then it is better to use the Boot Menu rather than setting, for example, boot from a flash drive in the BIOS settings .

In the Boot Menu you will see a list of all devices connected to the computer from which booting is potentially possible at the moment (hard drives, flash drives, DVDs and CDs), as well as, possibly, an option to network boot the computer and start restoring the laptop or computer from the backup partition .

Features of logging into the Boot Menu in Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10

For laptops and computers that originally came with Windows 8 or 8.1, and soon with Windows 10, you may not be able to enter the Boot Menu using the specified keys. This is due to the fact that shutdown for these operating systems is not a shutdown in the full sense of the word. This is more like hibernation, and therefore the boot menu may not open when you press F12, Esc, F11 and other keys.

In this case, you can do one of the following:

One of these methods should definitely help with entering the boot menu, provided that everything else is done correctly.

Login to Boot Menu on Asus (for laptops and motherboards)

For almost all desktop computers with Asus motherboards, the boot menu is entered by pressing the F8 key after turning on the computer (the same time we press Del or F9 to enter the BIOS or UEFI).

But there is some confusion with laptops. To enter the Boot Menu on ASUS laptops, depending on the model, you need to press when turning on:

• Esc - for most (but not all) modern and not so modern models.
• F8 - for those Asus laptop models whose name begins with x or k, for example x502c or k601 (but not always, there are models on x, where you enter the Boot Menu using the Esc key).

In any case, there are not many options, so you can try each of them if necessary.

How to enter the Boot Menu on Lenovo laptops

For almost all Lenovo laptops and all-in-ones, you can use the F12 key to enter the Boot Menu when turning it on.

You can also select additional boot options for Lenovo laptops by pressing the small arrow button next to the power button.

Acer

The next most popular model of laptops and all-in-one PCs in our country is Acer. Entering the Boot Menu on them for different BIOS versions is done by pressing the F12 key when turning it on.

However, on Acer laptops there is one feature - often, entering the Boot Menu using F12 does not work on them by default and in order for the key to work, you must first enter the BIOS by pressing the F2 key, and then switch the “F12 Boot Menu” parameter to the Enabled state, then save the settings and exit the BIOS.

Other models of laptops and motherboards

For other laptop models, as well as PCs with different motherboards, there are fewer features, so I’ll simply list the Boot Menu entry keys for them in the form of a list:

• HP all-in-one PCs and laptops - F9 or Esc key, and then F9
• Dell Laptops - F12
• Samsung laptops - Esc
• Laptops Toshiba - F12
• Gigabyte motherboards - F12
• Intel Motherboards - Esc
• Asus motherboards - F8
• MSI Motherboards - F11
• AsRock - F11

It seems that all the most common options have been taken into account, and possible nuances have also been described.

Video on how to enter the boot device menu

Well, in addition to everything written above, video instructions on how to enter the Boot Menu may be useful to someone.

Good day everyone!

Why memorize something you don't need every day? It is enough to open and read the information when you need it - the main thing is to be able to use it! I usually do this myself, and these hotkey signs are no exception...

This article is for reference; it contains buttons for entering the BIOS and calling the boot menu (also called the Boot Menu). Often they are simply “vital” when reinstalling Windows, restoring the computer, setting up the BIOS, etc. I hope the information will be relevant and you will find the treasured key to call the desired menu.

Note:

1. The information on the page will be updated and expanded from time to time;
2. You can see the buttons for entering the BIOS in this article (as well as how to enter the BIOS in general :)):
3. At the end of the article there are examples and explanations of abbreviations in the table and a description of the functions.

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HELP (according to the above tables)

BIOS Setup (also Enter Setup, BIOS Settings, or simply BIOS)- this is the button to enter the BIOS settings. You need to press it after turning on the computer (laptop), and preferably several times until the screen appears. The name may vary slightly depending on the equipment manufacturer.

Boot Menu (also Change Boot Device, Popup Menu)- a very useful menu that allows you to select the device from which the device will boot. Moreover, to select a device you do not need to go into the BIOS and change the boot queue. That is, for example, you need to install Windows OS - press the button to enter the Boot Menu, select the installation flash drive, and after rebooting, the computer will automatically boot from the hard drive (and no unnecessary BIOS settings).

Example Boot Menu - HP laptop (Boot Option Menu).

D2D Recovery (also Recovery)- Windows recovery function on laptops. Allows you to quickly restore the functionality of the device from a hidden partition of the hard drive. To be honest, I personally don’t like using this function, because... recovery in laptops is often “crooked”, works clumsily and there is not always the ability to select detailed settings “how and what”... I prefer installing and restoring Windows from a bootable flash drive.

Easy Flash - used to update the BIOS (I do not recommend using it for beginners...).

System Information - system information about the laptop and its components (for example, this option is available on HP laptops).

PS

Thanks in advance for additions on the topic of the article. Your information (for example, the buttons to enter the BIOS on your laptop model) will be added to the article. All the best!

Hello! Today I rested all day, it was Sunday. But towards evening I thought that I needed, I needed to write something useful on the blog. I began to think about what I haven’t written yet, and what might be useful to you in the process of solving various computer breakdowns, and then the thought came that I had already written about that, and how I also wrote in it, but there is also a way that when you turn on computer you can select device to download without having to go into the BIOS. I’ll write about this, I’m sure that this advice will be useful to many.

You often have to choose which device to start your computer from. For example, you want to, or simply boot your computer from a boot disk to scan your computer for viruses. And to do this, you have to go into the BIOS, look for where this item is located in which the boot order is set, and also on different computers this is all done differently, and many at this stage abandon the idea of ​​​​repairing the computer themselves.

Selecting a boot device when turning on the computer

We insert the disk into the drive, or connect a flash drive. We restart the computer and as soon as it starts to boot, press the key F11.

A window will appear “Please select boot device:”, in which, using the up and down arrows, we select the device we need from which we want to boot, and confirm our choice by pressing “Enter”. As you can see, I have the opportunity to boot from a drive, a flash drive and, of course, a hard drive.

Whichever device you choose, the download will start from that device. As you can see, everything is much simpler than delving into the BIOS settings. If nothing happens when you press F11, then there are at least two options:

• You have a USB keyboard, and in the BIOS settings, support for such keyboards is disabled when the computer starts. You need to connect a regular keyboard, and with its help go into the BIOS and in the Integrated Peripherals item, find USB Keybord support and set the value to Enable. After this your USB keyboard should work.
• And the second case is that you simply have a different key set to call up the boot device selection menu when you turn on the computer, or simply this function is disabled in the same BIOS. For example, in Acer laptops in the BIOS there is an item “F12 select boot device” (or something like that), which must be enabled by setting Enable. After this, the menu will be called up by pressing the F12 key.

It seems like I wrote everything, if you have any questions, ask. Good luck!