Just wondering how you access the System (Startup) Recovery Menu in a Virtualbox VM?
The reason I'm doing this is because I've expanded my System Reserved partition and been playing around with moving my WinRE tools into System Reserved.
I've tried restarting it and pressing F8 but it just boots straight to Windows?
Is there anyway to do that on a VM?
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Win 7 Ultimate, Win 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint 19 Ci...Intel i5 4690KCorsair Vengeance LP 32GB DDR3MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB
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I believe you will need to keep tapping DEL as soon as you run the W7 VM to go to the VM BIOS, then set the CD/DVD (ISO file) to be first in the boot priority then the HDD. This way you will see the usual "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" at boot to boot from the ISO like a DVD to go to the System Recovery Options (like in option two at link).
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Win 7 Ultimate, Win 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint 19 Ci...Intel i5 4690KCorsair Vengeance LP 32GB DDR3MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Win 7 Ultimate, Win 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon (All 64-Bit)
CPU
Intel i5 4690K
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LP 32GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (x2)
Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD (x2)
Crucial MX300 525GB SSD
WD Blue 2TB 5400rpm Intellipark Disabled (x2)
PSU
Corsair HX750i
Case
Phanteks Enthoo Pro
Cooling
CM Hyper 212 EVO on CPU, Noctua Redux NF-P14S 1500rpm (x6)
Keyboard
Corsair K70 RGB LUX
Mouse
Corsair Sabre RGB
Antivirus
Avast Free, MalwareBytes, SAS & CryptoPrevent
Browser
Chrome
Other Info
StarTech PEXESAT322I 2 Port PCI-E SATA Card
ASUS PCE-AC56 Dual-band AC1300 Wireless Card
Akasa FC.Six Manual Fan Controller
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!
