HP Pavilion p6-2176s boot menu

[DVSS]

Two questions:

Can this desktop model boot to a usb flash drive?

How do I accomplish this?

I have used esc key, entered bios screen, opened boot menu and see selections:

cd\dvd

       sata2

hard drive

       sata o

and then 2 usb selections.  I know the one I want, but following instructions (up/dwn arrow >  enter goes to a screen that looks like a cmd type screen before conputer re-boots.  Repeating procedure shows NO cange in boot menu.

BIOS is AMI CU#_706.rom v7.06 (all I could determine) : mother board is Foxconn H-Cupertino3-H61-uA TX (Cupertino3).

I want to create a USB boot drive.

[jaco1x4]

Hi DVSS,

Your system will boot to a properly created bootable USB device.

Insert bootable flash drive in USB port. Reboot your computer.

Tap escape button. Select boot menu. Select boot device from list. Your system uses UEFI instead of a legacy BIOS so the bootable device will either be listed under UEFI boot sources or Legacy depending on how the USB device was formatted.

Your system should now boot correctly.

If your system shipped with Win 8 you may have to disable secure boot and enable legacy boot. Please see below.

Jaco

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[DVSS]

Thanks for response, I'll look into this.  What I want to create is a Windows Defender Offline Package to a USB flash drive.  Do I have to create the bootable USB device before it can be chosen on the boot menu?  I already changed the menu when first got computer to allow for a cd/dvd to precede the hard drive, and was successful (with ,I beleive, no disc inserted) in drive.

As I said before;  two usb devices are shown, but couldn't change menu to have usb precede hard drive.  Must it be recognized as a bootable device?

Forgot to mention OS is Win7 Home Premium

[jaco1x4 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Win 7 does not employ secure boot so you are OK and can ignore the secure/ legacy boot change.

Download Win Defender offline, run the execuatable and select the USB option. The USB option, which I also use on Win 8 and 8.1, is great because you can update the definition files before each use. Each time you use the Win defender USB stick, you should insert the USB stick and run the Win Defender setup to update to the latest definition files prior to rebooting your computer.

To boot to the Windows Defender bootable USB stick, reboot your system, tap escape and use the previous instructions to boot to the USB device under UEFI boot options to run Win defender offline.

UEFI boot options are different from the legacy boot options. UEFI wants to always boot from the Windows Boot Manager and by default will load the operating system. That is why you need to select the USB boot device from the UEFI boot menu.

Jaco

[DVSS]

Thanks again.  I'm not quite ready to do this, but when I do, I'll be sure to let you know

[jaco1x4]

Hi DVSS,

You're very welcome.

Happy to have helped!

Jaco

[DVSS]

Made my bootables, ran them OK.  Found NO problems.  Very Good advice