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Hirens Boot CD Tutorial

Hiren’s Boot CD and Hiren’s Boot USB Booting Instructions:

 

Important Note: Depending on Your PC or Laptop, Hiren’s Boot CD and Hiren’s Boot USB can take anywhere from 2-10 minutes fully boot on your PC as it has to search for your hardware and then install the correct drivers.  You may only see a blue windows logo showing on screen for an extended period of time. 

 

Starting your PC using USB rescue media is not difficult, although it first requires an adjustment in the BIOS (Basic Input Output System). That’s because the BIOS settings include the boot sequence the machine follows when starting up. The boot order tells the machine which devices to search for the software needed to launch the computer and the priority each device in that search.

If you’re booting from USB media, you must change the BIOS boot order so the USB device is listed first. Otherwise the computer will load from the hard drive as normal.

Start by plugging the thumb drive into a USB port. Then to change the BIOS boot sequence:

1.      Press the Power button for your computer.

2.      During the initial Startup screen, press ESC, F1, F2, F8 or F10. (Depending on the company that created your version of BIOS, a menu may appear.)

3.      When you choose to enter BIOS Setup, the setup utility page will appear.

4.      Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, select the BOOT tab. All of the available system devices will be displayed in order of their boot priority. You can reorder the devices here.

5.      Move USB to be first in the boot sequence.

 

NOTE: If you cannot find USB or Removable Devices among the device options, your BIOS may list it under Hard Drive Devices. In that case, you’ll need to:

 

  • ·       Move Hard Drive Devices to the top
  • ·       Expand to show all hard drive device options
  • ·       Move USB device to the top of that hard drive list
     

6.      Save the change and then exit the BIOS Setup.

7.      The computer will restart using the new settings, booting from your USB drive.

8.      Stay alert! Depending on your BIOS, you may be prompted with a message to Press any key to boot from external device and you will only have a few seconds to respond. If you do nothing, your computer will go to the next device in the boot sequence list, which will likely be your hard drive.