Upgraded Dell Bios no longer has boot from usb option
Previously I had to enter a particular string in the bios to add the USB boot option. Something like =CD/blah blah.
After a bios update from Dell, that option disappeared and I can no longer boot from anything but Winders. In the past I added a boot option as referenced above. I'll surely write it down this time. Thank you for all assistance, fusionstate. System information should it be needed: OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name SILVERFOX-THE-D System Manufacturer Dell Inc. System Model Inspiron 5490 AIO System Type x64-based PC System SKU 0953 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10210U CPU @ 1.60GHz, 2112 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 1.11.0, 9/29/2021 SMBIOS Version 3.2 Embedded Controller Version 255.255 BIOS Mode UEFI BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc. BaseBoard Product 0NYCKR BaseBoard Version A00 Platform Role Desktop Secure Boot State Off PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume5 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.1151" User Name SILVERFOX-THE-D\DJfro Time Zone Pacific Standard Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB Total Physical Memory 11.8 GB Available Physical Memory 6.46 GB Total Virtual Memory 14.6 GB Available Virtual Memory 8.70 GB Page File Space 2.75 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Kernel DMA Protection On Virtualization-based security Not enabled Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes |
According to Dell the boot from USB option is still there.
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals...132&lang=en-us |
Tried that several times
According to Dell the boot from USB option is still there.
I've used the F12 key about 10 times trying to use that option. It disappeared after I upgraded the Bios in Sept; Using the Dell update program. Previously I was able to get to the Boot Once Menu using the F12 key. Now it's not available. In order to obtain the Boot once menu and boot from a USB, I had to enter the afore mentioned string, so the system would know to boot from either a CD or other external, USB device. I then placed that option at the top of the boot order list. There is an option in the Bios that allows for the- Add Boot Device, or similar wording. I had clicked that, and then entered the afore mentioned string; Which is now starting to seem like a magical incantation. Should have written it down before, but I didn't. Hence the problem. If I add the USB boot option, I should get my USB to boot Linux Mint again. fusionstate. |
Some digging found a few things to try from this site : https://www.minitool.com/partition-d...-from-usb.html
In Windows, Uncheck the option Turn on fast startup (recommended). Then try booting from USB Quote:
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Thanks uteck. I'll try this and post the results.
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Solved
I did two things to resolve the issue so, I'm not sure which worked.
I recently installed, in Windows, a program- FreeFixer, or something like that. Even though the program did not appear as running, it had some sort of hold on the USB Stick. When I killed the process in Task Manager, I was able to eject the USB Stick. Up to that point, Windows indicated the file was in use by another program. I then uninstalled the file fixing program. Originally, I had formatted the USB drive with NTFS. As I recall, I was able to boot the USB drive into LM once before. In any event, since it is possible that I hadn't made the NTFS formatted drive bootable, that would explain the failure to load. However, I'm not that inept. In any event, I used Rufus to format the drive using MBR. Further, Both times, when I did prepare the USB drive, I used Rufus, so the problem was likely caused by the Freeware Fix program. fusionstate. |
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