What is boot menu
Probably everyone knows that in order to boot from a floppy drive or flash drive, you need to set the order of devices to boot in the BIOS. For example, to install Windows XP from a disk on a computer, you need to boot from this very disk to start. To do this, you need to put the drive in the BIOS as the first device to boot.
However, you can not go into the BIOS and do not change anything there. It is enough immediately after turning on the computer to press the boot menu call key (boot menu) and in the list of devices that appears, select the one from which you want to boot. Selecting a boot device from the boot menu does not affect the BIOS settings in any way. That is, this menu affects exactly the specific boot, and if you do not call it after, then the computer or laptop will boot as it is configured in the BIOS.
How to call the boot menu - keys to call the BIOS boot menu
So, we figured out what the boot menu in BIOS is. Now I'll tell you with the help of what hot keys it is called. 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. For example, calling the boot menu asus is different 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 focused on the boot menu samsung and HP. To get into 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 opens. Therefore, you need to calculate and clearly get on time by pressing the call hotkey boot menu. This can be quite difficult to do without some skill.
Calling the boot menu on HP laptops is also specific. To do this, first click Esc, after which the service menu of the laptop will appear. In it, we already select the desired item (by pressing a hot key). To call the boot menu HP, press F9.
For some manufacturers, the device to be loaded in the menu is selected with the cursor keys, for others, it is necessary to press the 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 hotkeys for calling the boot device selection menu, motherboard manufacturer and BIOS.
Yes, one last clarification. In some cases, boot menu hotkeys are disabled by default in BIOS. To be able to use the boot menu, you need to enable it in the BIOS settings. This function is usually 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 the keys for entering the BIOS.
| Manufacturer / device | BIOS version | Boot menu key | Key to enter BIOS |
| Мат. платы MSI | AMI | F11 | Del |
| Мат. платы Gigabyte | Award | F12 | Del |
| Мат. платы Asus | AMI | F8 | Del |
| Мат. платы Intel | Phoenix-Award | Esc | Del |
| Мат. платы AsRock | AMI | F11 | Del |
| ноутбуки Asus | Esc | F2 | |
| ноутбуки Acer | Inside H2O | F12 | F2 |
| ноутбуки Acer | Phoenix | F12 | F2 |
| ноутбуки Dell | Dell | F12 | F2 |
| ноутбуки HP | Esc -> F9 | Esc -> F10 | |
| ноутбуки Lenovo | AMI | F12 | F2 |
| ноутбуки Packard Bell | Phoenix Secure Core | F12 | F2 |
| ноутбуки Samsung | Phoenix Secure Core | Esc (один раз, при повторном нажатии выходит из меню) | F2 |
| ноутбуки Sony Vaio | Inside H2O | F11 | F2 |
| ноутбуки Toshiba | Phoenix | F12 | F2 |
| ноутбуки Toshiba | Inside H2O | F12 | F2 |
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