Quick Boot==Fast Boot
F2 is normal BIOS configuration access. However, many Asus machines have
boot selection using one of the three F-keys I mentioned (or if my memory
is totally faulty today, which is entirely possible, yet a different
F-key). Pressing the proper one brings up a brief text-menu that allows one
to select which boot device to use for that particular boot-time.
Also, this page at superuser.com has some clues that may provide additional
help.
http://superuser.com/questions/692821/how-to-boot-from-usb-on-asus-x551ca
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This ASUS X551CA machine wants F2 to access the BIOS. Already been there
> and told it to use the Microsoft Boot Manager which allowed me to select
> boot from USB... which it tried to do and failed. Had I not done that it
> would have simply booted from the existing hard drive which works fine.
>
> I knew about F2 after downloading the user's manual from ASUS and reading
> the BIOS section. But you mentioned "quick boot" which I think it what
> this manual calls "Fast Boot" under Boot Configuration along with another
> choice called "Launch CSM". Fast Boot is enabled by default and Launch CSM
> is disabled by default. The BIOS portion of the user's manual shows these
> items as part of the BIOS configuration but never mentions or defines
> them. I've never heard of them and have no idea what they're supposed to
> do.
>
> Perhaps I should play a little more.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 4/13/2015 4:44 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>
>> What the Moose sayeth. And also: My Asus desktop machine has a "boot
>> selector" option that appears early in the boot process. I believe it's
>> either by pressing F9, F11 or F12 that one can interrupt the boot process
>> and then select an alternate boot location. If possible, get into the BIOS
>> and deselect the option for quick boot, in order to see all boot messages
>> appear on the screen, at which point you should see a choice for selective
>> boot.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/13/2015 9:43 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>>
>>> Ummm, I hesitate to teach Dr DOS about eggs, but could it be the BIOS
>>>> needs
>>>> attention to permit booting from a USB device?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> And ... The BIOS on my desktop allows control of which devices are
>>> allowed
>>> for boot, and in which order.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>> From: olympus
>>>> [mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>> Behalf Of
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>> Sent: 13 April 2015 16:55
>>>> To: Olympus mail list
>>>> Subject: [OM] Boot failure advice?
>>>>
>>>> A friends computer wont boot. ...
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea why the drive can be read from and written to by Reflect
>>>> but the end product is not bootable. I have some other cloning software
>>>> where marking the drive as bootable or changing the drive ID on the
>>>> clone are options. But the free version of Reflect has no such options
>>>> and, of course, works on my own computer just fine.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got a suggestion as to where to look?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> As above, look to the BIOS. I have used Reflect Free on both desktop and
>>> laptop. But never attempted to boot from the clone via USB. If you want
>>> to
>>> see where the problem lies, put the clone in the computer. If it boots,
>>> the
>>> problem in somewhere in USB, BIOS, computer implementation of USB, cable,
>>> USB implementation in the toaster/case. Basic problem isolation.
>>>
>>> U Should Be able to figure it out.
>>>
>>> Acronymic Moose
>>>
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