How can I change the boot order in BIOS version A07?

Question

Hello,

I have dell laptop inspiron 15R

I could not find "boot order" in section "BOOT" in BIOS

And when the laptop start and I hold in F12 to change the boot order , I could not find CD from the list , only My harddisk and 2 options about LAN

Any help please?

Thanks in advanced

ejn63 · Accepted Answer

UEFI/Secure Boot does not suppot booting the system from a CD or DVD.

Use Rufus (link below) to create a bootable flash drive with a GPT partition on it.

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

Also - BEFORE you make ANY alterations to the system, MAKE your recovery flash drive! Use the Dell backup and recovery utility on the drive. Anything you change in the partition scheme will render the restore image on the drive unreadable, and you WILL NEED the recovery media if you ever have to recover the system.

ejn63 · Accepted Answer

Disabling Secure Boot by itself won't allow a CD/DVD boot - you must return to legacy BIOS mode for that. And that means you will need to completely reinstall Windows (manually) -- you cannot switch from UEFI/GPT to legacy BIOS/MBR without completely wiping the hard drive and starting over.

Dell-Mohammed S · Answer

Hi jewel555,

Welcome to Dell community.

Follow below steps to change the boot order:

Restart the computer and tap F2 on Dell logo. Under” BOOT” Option ensure Boot list option is set to “Legacy”.

Now scroll down to 1st Boot Priority and change it to CD/DVD/CD-RW and 2nd Boot priority to Hard drive.

Hit F10 to “Save” the settings and then Exit.

ejn63 · Answer

Note:  if you do this, the existing install of Windows will no longer be bootable.  Do this ONLY if your plan is to do a bare-metal install of Windows in legacy (BIOS) mode.

jewel555 · Answer

Thanks  , What do you suggest? I need to boot from CD  without damage windows

jewel555 · Answer

Thank you for your reply But I could not find what did you said Look at the pictures in the attachment please BTW: If I do it , the windows will be run in normal way , is not it ? Thank you

ejn63 · Answer

What are you trying to do? If you boot this way you must put the system back the way it was before Windows will load again -- you cannot boot with legacy mode enabled if the system is set up to run in UEFI mode (which is the factory default).

jewel555 · Answer

So , what I have to do?

I want to boot from CD to run "Hirens.Boot CD"

in old PC it was easy

But now I could not found how!?

Even if I press F12 , there is no option to boot from CD!!!

The laptop is new!! what is the problem?!

Why I could not see the CD option in the list of boot options?!

ejn63 · Answer

Did you build the flash drive as GPT?

jewel555 · Answer

I used  rufus as you said , but the problem is still When I boot the laptop and press F12 , I don't see USB as option boot Any help ?

jewel555 · Answer

yes :(

jewel555 · Answer

Sorry , I noted something When I chose 'GPT' and then chose Hiren's ISO file , the option schema back to 'MBR' !!! and when I tried to back it to 'GPT' it shows error message : 'when using UEFI target type only EFI bootable iso images are supported!... ' So, I think 'Hiren's.BootCD.15.2.iso' does not support UEFI Is there any version of Hiren's that support UEFI? Thanks alot

jewel555 · Answer

Thank you for your patience  What do think about this solution: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn481258.aspx

ejn63 · Answer

I don't think there is a GPT version - whatever of the utilities on there you need, you'll need to put on a home-built (WindowsPE, etc.) GPT flash drive.

jewel555 · Answer

Thank you :) I am using acronis now it support  GPT

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