Windows 10 !!top!! — How To Change Boot Order

She inserted the drive, restarted the computer... and Windows booted normally again, ignoring the USB stick entirely.

Inside, she saw a screen that looked like a blast from the 1990s (text-based) or a sleek modern interface with mouse support. She found the tab. how to change boot order windows 10

By default, most Windows 10 PCs put the hard drive first. Maya needed to change that to give the USB drive top priority. She inserted the drive, restarted the computer

Her computer was following a strict set of instructions called the . This is a priority list stored in a special chip on the motherboard (the BIOS/UEFI) that tells the computer: "First, check the USB port. If nothing is there, check the DVD drive. Finally, boot from the hard drive." She inserted the drive