Unable To Get Boot Menu
Per Paul:
If you're using Windows 8, a "shutdown" actually keeps
things in "hibernate" state. And in "hibernate" state,
the popup boot menu is disabled, and the system restores
from hibernation instead.
You need to do a "complete shutdown" from Windows 8,
in order for the motherboard BIOS boot to behave
in the legacy (expected) way.
I do this on some of my systems. In a Command Prompt
window, elevated with "Run As Administrator" I do
powercfg -h off
This one was on Windows 7 - but it seemed like it was acting that way
because it kept ignoring F 12 and going right to Windows' "Last shutdown
was abnormal, what do you want to do?" menu.
I thought something like the "complete shutdown" thing might be a player
so I did try a few alternatives - including pulling the plug and
explicitly clicking "Shutdown"
Thanks for the powercfg syntax.... I will try that next time around.
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Pete Cresswell
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