How to Kick from a USB Flash Drive in Windows 10

This tutorial will evidence you lot how to boot from a USB drive at kicking or from within a Windows 10 PC or Surface.

If you accept fast kicking or ultra fast boot enabled in your UEFI firmware settings, and then you will demand to temporarily disable fast boot or ultra fast boot to be able to boot from a USB.

Contents


  • Option One: To Boot from a USB Drive from within Windows 10
  • Option Ii: To Boot from a USB Drive at Boot on Windows 10 PC
  • Option Three: To Boot from a USB Bulldoze at Boot on Surface

OPTION ONE

To Kick from a USB Bulldoze from within Windows 10

1 Connect a bootable USB drive to a USB port on your PC.

two Boot to Advanced startup options from inside Windows 10.

iii After the reckoner restarts, click/tap on the Utilize a device option. (run across screenshot beneath)

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four Click/tap on the USB bulldoze that you lot desire to use to boot from. The computer will now restart and kicking from the selected USB drive. (see screenshot below)

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Pick Ii

To Boot from a USB Drive at Kick on Windows 10 PC

i Connect a bootable USB bulldoze to a USB port on your PC.

two Turn on or restart your PC.

3 Printing the appropriate key (ex: F11) displayed for Boot Menu when y'all see the choice available like below.

4 In the kicking bill of fare, click on the USB bulldoze you want to boot from. (see screenshot below)

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OPTION 3

To Kicking from a USB Bulldoze at Boot on Surface

Meet too: Kicking Surface from a USB device

 Configure your Surface to start from a USB device

1 While Surface is turned off, connect a bootable USB drive to the USB port.

two Printing and hold the book-upwardly button. (see screenshot below)

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3 Printing and release the ability button. (see screenshot below)

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4 Continue holding the volume-up button until the Surface or Windows logo no longer appears on the screen.(see screenshot beneath)

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5 You should now see the Surface UEFI. Do ane of the following:

  • Surface Pro iv, Surface Pro (5th Gen), Surface Pro (5th Gen) with LTE Advanced, Surface Pro half dozen, Surface Book, Surface Book 2, Surface Studio (1st Gen), Surface Studio 2, Surface Laptop (1st Gen), Surface Laptop 2, Surface Become or Surface Go with LTE Advanced: Become to pace fourteen below.
  • Surface Pro 3 and Surface 3: Go to step 6 below.
  • Surface Pro one and Surface Pro 2: Go to stride 10 beneath.

half-dozen Select Configure Alternate System Boot Order.

7 Exercise i of the following:

  • Surface Pro iii: Select USB > SSD.
  • Surface 3: Select Network > USB > SSD.

8 Select Leave Setup.

ix Select Yeah to relieve the configuration and restart Surface.

10 Select Secure Kicking Control.

11 Select Disable. This will permit Surface to search for an alternate device to boot from instead of from your SSD.

This may impact the look of your Surface splash screen.

12 Select Exit Setup.

13 Select Yep to save the configuration and restart Surface.

14 Select Boot configuration.

15 Select USB Storage and drag it to the summit of the list. Alternatively, y'all can swipe left on USB Storage to boot to the device immediately. This will not affect the boot lodge.

16 Select Get out and and so select Restart Now.

 Start Surface from a USB drive


Once y'all�ve followed the steps above, you�re ready to showtime your Surface from your USB drive.

Earlier starting your Surface from a USB drive, make sure you lot don�t take whatsoever other USB devices connected to your Surface, including USB mouse devices, keyboards, or other storage drives. Surface volition try to boot from whatever other connected USB devices.

If you don�t desire to start your Surface from your USB drive, make sure the bulldoze is not inserted in the USB port on your Surface when you start it.

If you�re having trouble starting your Surface by using the steps below, you lot can boot it from the USB drive through Windows. To do this

Insert the USB drive into the USB port, and then go to Start, select Settings > Update & security > Recovery.

Under Advanced startup, select Restart Now.

On the Choose an option screen, select Apply a device > USB Storage.

Surface Pro (5th Gen), Surface Pro (fifth Gen) with LTE Advanced, Surface Go, Surface Go with LTE Avant-garde, Surface Laptop (1st Gen), Surface Laptop ii, Surface Book, Surface Book two, Surface Studio (1st Gen), Surface Studio ii, Surface Pro 4, Surface three, or Surface Pro iii with a configured boot order in UEFI

i Shut down your Surface.

2 Insert the bootable USB bulldoze into the USB port on your Surface.

3 Printing the power button to turn it on.

4 Follow the on-screen instructions to kicking from your USB drive.

Surface Pro (5th Gen), Surface Pro (5th Gen) with LTE Advanced, Surface Get, Surface Go with LTE Advanced, Surface Laptop (1st Gen), Surface Laptop 2, Surface Volume, Surface Book 2, Surface Studio (1st Gen), Surface Studio two, Surface Pro without a configured boot lodge in UEFI

1 Shut down your Surface.

two Insert the bootable USB bulldoze into the USB port on your Surface.

iii Press and hold the volume-downwards button on the Surface. While y'all're doing this, press and release the power button.

4 The Microsoft or Surface logo appears on your screen. Continue to hold the volume-down button. Release the push button once spinning dots appear beneath the logo.

5 Follow the on-screen instructions to boot from your USB drive.

That'due south it,
Shawn Brink

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