f10 does not work

[jfl50]

For some reason when I boot up and press f10 it skips letting me enter my bios and goes to the windows screen for booting up.

[NonSequitur777]

@jfl50,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

If pressing F10 is no longer opening the BIOS and the system immediately continues into Windows, a few things could be happening:

1. Start tapping F10 repeatedly immediately after pressing the power button:

On many HP systems, the BIOS entry window is only available for a few seconds. Rather than holding the key, try tapping F10 continuously as soon as you power on the PC.

2. Try the Startup Menu first:

• Power on the PC.
• Repeatedly tap Esc immediately after pressing the power button.
• If the HP Startup Menu appears, select F10 = BIOS Setup.

3. Disable Fast Startup in Windows:

Fast Startup can sometimes make it more difficult to intercept the boot process.

• Control Panel → Power Options
• Choose what the power buttons do
• Change settings that are currently unavailable
• Uncheck Turn on fast startup
• Save changes and shut down completely

4. Enter UEFI Firmware Settings from Windows:

If Windows is booting normally:

• Settings → System → Recovery
• Advanced startup → Restart now
• Troubleshoot → Advanced options → UEFI Firmware Settings
• Restart

The system should boot directly into the BIOS.

A few questions:

• What is the exact HP model number?
• Did F10 work previously and recently stop working?
• Are you using a wired USB keyboard or a wireless keyboard?

If you're using a wireless keyboard, try a wired USB keyboard if you got it, as some wireless receivers are not initialized early enough during startup for function keys to be detected.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777