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‎07-21-2021 04:38 AM

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I need to hook up the hard drive from an old laptop to a HP TPN-I120 and in the past (due to the fact I've forgotten the windows password), I've booted Linux from a USB stick or CD to bypass the password.

he other day, I tried the same thing, but am unable to find the correct combination of F key and when to press it. Can anyone offer a suggestion?

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‎07-21-2021 05:28 AM

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What you want is to get into the pop-up menu to change the boot order.  Do that by Start tapping the Esc key BEFORE starting the PC and then press the start button.
Keep tapping the Esc key until a popup menu shows.  Pick the set-up F9,  to change the boot order.


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‎07-21-2021 06:09 AM

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Thanks TheOldMan. That's greatly appreciated.

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‎07-21-2021 08:57 AM

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Glad to help.


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