Inspiron

[mcdeez]

Does anyone know the correct bios settings to get a g15 to boot from a usb flash drive so I can reinstall windows.  So far regardless of what I try no usb drive will show in the boot options.

[ejn63]

You do not enter the flash drive in the boot sequence.  Plug it in, power up the system and press F12 a few times.

The boot menu that appears will have the flash drive listed if there's a UEFI-bootable OS on it -- choose that and the system will boot from the flash drive.

[mcdeez]

sorry i should have stated its not showing up in the f12 boot menu.  And i am using drives created using the MediaCreationTool.  I deal with new dell optiplex and latiudes daily and have never had an issue, but i thought maybe something was buried in this ones bios settings.

[mcdeez · Accepted solution]

resetting the bios to optimized defaults, the boot drive is now showing.

[Save myg15]

You still have that laptop?