How to Enter BIOS or UEFI in a Computer or Laptop and Boot from a Flash Drive or a CD, DVD 💽🛠️💻
Channel: Hetman Software: Data Recovery for Windows
Date: 2017-03-20

👍 Watch how to enter BIOS or UEFI in a computer or laptop, and how to make them boot from a flash drive or a CD/DVD. BIOS is a set of microcode that allows you to adjust items of your system unit, as well as set the boot sequence from CD/DVD or a flash drive in order to install an operating system. UEFI is a modern version of BIOS that has a graphic interface.

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Content:
0:00 - Intro;
0:14 - What are BIOS and UEFI and how do I enter them?
1:24 - Award (Phoenix-Award) BIOS
3:29 - AMI (American Megatrends) BIOS
4:57 - UEFI BIOS

Hotkeys to enter the BIOS:
• Acer (Aspire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos) – Del or F1;
• Acer (Altos 600 Server) – Ctrl+Alt+Esc or F1;
• Acer (Older PC) – F1 or Ctrl+Alt+Esc;
• ABIT – Del;
• ASUS – Del;
• AMI (American Megatrends AMIBIOS, AMI BIOS) – Del;
• AMI (American Megatrends AMIBIOS, AMI BIOS) Old Version – F1 or F2;
• ASRock – Del or F2;
• Award BIOS (AwardBIOS) – Del;
• Award BIOS(AwardBIOS) Old Version – Ctrl+Alt+Esc;
• BIOSTAR – Del;
• Compaq (Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable) – F10;
• Compaq (Older Computers) – F1, F2, F10, or Del;
• Chaintech – Del;
• Cybermax – Esc;
• Dell (XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude. OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro) – F2;
• Dell (Older 486 Models) – Ctrl+Alt+Enter;
• Dell Dimension L566cx System – Del;
• Dell (Older Laptop Models) – Fn+Esc or Fn+F1;
• Dell (Some Models) – Reset 2 times;
• ECS (Elitegroup) – Del or F1;
• eMachines (eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series) – Del or Tab;
• eMachine (Some Older Computers) – F2;
• Fujitsu (LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower) – F2;
• Gateway Using Phoenix BIOS (DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro) – F1;
• GIGABYTE – Del;
• Hewlett-Parkard (HP Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet)– F1;
• Hewlett-Parkard (HP Alternative) – F2 or Esc;
• Hewlett-Parkard (HP) Tablet PC – F10 or F12;
• IBM ThinkPad using Phoenix BIOS – Ctrl+Alt+F11;
• IBM (Older Computers or Notebooks) – F2;
• Intel – F2;
• Lenovo (ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation) –F1 or F2;
• Lenovo (Older Products) – Ctrl+Alt+F3, Ctrl+Alt+Ins or Fn+F1;
• MSI (Micro-Star) – Del;
• Micron (MPC Computers ClientPro, TransPort) – Del or F1, F2;
• Microid Research MR BIOS – F1;
• NEC (PowerMate, Versa, W-Series) – F2;
• Packard Bell (8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia, iextreme) – Del or F1, F2;
• Phoenix BIOS (Phoenix-Award BIOS) – Del;
• Phoenix BIOS (Phoenix-Award BIOS) Old Version – Ctrl+Alt+S, Ctrl+Alt+Esc, Ctrl+Alt+Ins or Ctrl+S;
• Sharp (Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite) – F2;
• Samsung – F2;
• Sony (VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series) – F1,F2 or F3;
• Sony Vaio 320 Series – F2;
• Toshiba (Portégé, Satellite, Tecra) – Esc;
• Toshiba (Portégé, Satellite, Tecra with Phoenix BIOS) – F1;
• Zenith, Phoenix – Ctrl+Alt+Ins;