![]() ![]() On this last screen, you should see an option called UEFI Firmware Settings. Under the Troubleshoot heading, go ahead and choose Advanced Options. ![]() This will restart your computer and load the advanced recovery options screen. Then click on Recovery in the left-hand menu and then click on the Restart now button under Advanced startup. ![]() To restart Windows, click on Start and then Settings (gear icon). Instead, you have to restart Windows in a special way and then go through some menu options. UEFI BIOS cannot be accessed by pressing keys on the keyboard. Now if you don’t see this type of message popup at all when booting up, it could indicate that your BIOS is setup for UEFI only. On my Dell, I get a different set of keys for accessing the BIOS setup (F2) and Boot Options (F12). Since changing the boot order is such a common task, they usually have a separate key just for that (F11 in this case). Note that if you go into the BIOS setup, you’ll also be able to change the boot order from there too. The motherboard on my custom PC is from MSI, so the boot up process loads a MSI screen with the option to press DEL to run BIOS setup or press F11 to run the boot menu. Here are two examples from a Dell machine and a custom built machine I have at home: Usually, you will see a message quickly appear at the bottom telling you which keys to press. The first thing to do is go ahead and restart your computer and then to keep pressing one of the keys on the keyboard continually while the computer is booting up. If you’re not sure if your computer is using Legacy or UEFI BIOS or Legacy + UEFI, which is a third option actually, then you just have to do some trial and error.Įveryone is probably familiar with the legacy BIOS because that’s the one you access by pressing a certain key like DEL, F2, F8, F12, or ESC when your computer first starts up. So first let’s talk about getting into the BIOS. ![]()
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