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‎04-18-2020 07:24 AM

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Product: Example: PaHP Compaq nw8240 mobile workstationvilion 65XX
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

Folks,

 

The BIOS One-Time Boot Menu is supposed to be invoked on HP machines by pressing esc key at boot-up but has no effect on my laptop. BIOS set-up opens with standard F10 at boot-up but I'm after the BIOS One-Time Boot Menu.

 

Is there a key other than esc which opens BIOS One-Time Boot Menu on the nw8240 or am I barking up the wrong tree altogether?

 

Stay safe and keep smiling.

George

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‎04-18-2020 07:37 AM - edited ‎04-18-2020 07:37 AM

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try f9....I think that model is from before esc was used in that way

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‎04-18-2020 02:29 PM

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Hi Huffer,

 

I've tried all the Fx keys and Esc key at successive boot-ups and the only ones that do anything are F10 for standard BIOS menu and F12 for a Network boot. I thought there might be some combination of keys that access the BIOS One-Time Boor Menu on this model but perhaps it's too old for that to have been implemented?

 

Thanks and stay safe.

George

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