How to set the BIOS priority to USB?

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  1. whs
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    I suggest you detach all the other USB devices so that that BIOS boot menu will only show the one stick from which you want to boot. Usually it's easy - you navigate to the stick with the up/down keys and hit enter. There may be a little message appearing on the left top in the next (black) screen that says: "Hit any key" - that's when you hit the space bar (or any other) to proceed. You have 10 seconds to do that after which the BIOS resumes the boot from your default device (which is probably the C disk).
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  3. friwise
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    When I enter the bios I have no USB on the computer.
    I set USB HDD first and then I plug in the USB
    What shall I have set second after the USB HDD?
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  4. nate42nd
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    Plug the USB in FIRST and it does not matter what comes second because you're going to cahnge it after it boots once. If you don't it will keep booting from the USB drive. You will not get things done that way. You just want to boot once so you can copy Windows files to the HD.
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  6. friwise
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    There are more than one USBs in the options list.
    Which one shall I chose
    There is one USB HDD one USB FDD one USB cd/dvd etc
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  7. Jonathan_King
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    friwise said:
    There are more than one USBs in the options list.
    Which one shall I chose
    There is one USB HDD one USB FDD one USB cd/dvd etc
    I would try the second one first. You will know immediately if it works.
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  8. nate42nd
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    Yes, if it does not boot to the USB, just reset and try the next one. Make sure it's plugged in so it will know to detect it.
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  10. friwise
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       New #27

    some maybe important infos of my bios


    F12 boot menu disabled
    D2D Recovery enabled
    Network boot enabled
    Quit boot didabled

    BOOT priority order:

    1. USB key
    2. USB HDD
    3. PCI LAN: Network boot
    4. USB FDD
    5. IDE0:
    6. USB CD/DVD ROM
    7. CD/DVD


    SHALL I CHANGE SOMETHING OF THEM?
    I think they are the only changeable values
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  11. nate42nd
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    Now I'm confused.

    If you have the option to "enable" a boot menu, you will want to change that to "enable"

    Will it boot to the USB now? If not you might need to change the #2 to #1 (USB HDD) or #4 to #1 (USB FDD)

    Normally the HDD (maybe IDE0) will have a "+" netxt to it and you can choose which HDD you want to boot from.

    I am also wondering if your USB drive has been made "bootable" as per the instructions in the tutorial. If not, it will never boot. It must be bootable.
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  12. computersplus
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       New #29

    overlooked


    something is being overlooked here he could not boot from DVD either that leads me to believe there is something more going on here
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  13. computersplus
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       New #30

    ISO


    try using an ISO
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