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jpmackay:
I need your help with this problem more likely very serious. First I will give you my computer specifications and operating system and here is below:

My desktop is Acer Aspire M3450 Gaming desktop and my operating system is Windows 10 Home Premium 64X with all updates to this date.

Now here is what I will explain about the problem with my desktop.

When I restart the desktop and hold the key to access to BIOS with " DEL " key or Display Boot Options with " F12 " key and none of those two keys are working.I am trying to get into CD/DVD after restart but can't. Is there a repair or fix for those two access to BIOS or Display Boot Options. I am wondering if the program of Tweaking.com - Windows Repair v3.9.11 or have to reinstall the operating system of Windows 10 Home Premium 64X. I have not done this yet and will wait to hear if there is another option to fix the problem.

Thank you,

John    :confused:   :confused:

Boggin:
I assume you are trying to change the boot order so that it checks the CD/DVD drive first ?

Give this a try - from within Windows press and hold F2 as you go Start/Power/Restart and hold F2 until the BIOS comes up.

jpmackay:
You are correct that I am trying to hold down the key with " DEL " not " F2 " on my desktop. As soon as the desktop restart and I press the key down to hold so can get into BIOS but boot in normal with Windows 10 logo on monitor screen then type the password.  That's strange with this as I did try several times but kept booting in normal not BIOS or Display Boot Options. I don't if there is a fix for that or might have to reinstall the operating system of Windows 10  Home Premium 64X or what??

Thank you,

John

Boggin:
Those keys no longer work in Win 10 unless you change the boot menu policy.

Try it as I've said by just holding the F2 key down - restart and continue to hold the F2 key until it reboots into the BIOS.

If you want to change the boot menu policy back to legacy then right click on the Start button and select Power Options - click on Choose what closing the lid does - Change settings that are currently unavailable - uncheck the box for fast startup - Save changes.

Open a Command Prompt (Admin) and type and enter bcdedit

In the first block look to see what is in { } for Default - this is your Identifier.

It could be Default or Current, so type that between the curly brackets as your Identifier and enter this command at the next prompt -

bcdedit /set {Identifier} bootmenupolicy legacy

shutdown /r /t 00

and you should see the old keys to press as the machine restarts.

I'm not sure now if you also have to turn off Hibernate as well, but see how that goes and if they still don't work then at a Command Prompt (Admin) enter powercfg -h off and follow that with shutdown /r /t 00 to restart.

To change it back, if you've had to turn Hibernate off then turn it back on with on instead of off, then redo the bootmenupolicy command changing legacy to standard - reboot and then re-check the fast startup box.

Your start up times will be longer with the boot menu policy set to legacy

jpmackay:
I have tried this and still not fix yet. Guess that I should take the desktop to the computer repair shop to see if the tech can fix this. I tried different things and so far nothing solved yet.

John

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