It is no stranger for most users to install the system through a USB flash drive. After making a USB flash drive through Chinese cabbage, plug the USB flash drive into the USB interface and set the computer to boot from the USB flash drive. But now most computers support the hot key of startup, so you can directly select the USB flash drive to start by pressing the shortcut key. So how to press F to start the Chinese cabbage USB flash drive? The following small series introduces you to the method of starting the U disk of Chinese cabbage by pressing what key when the computer is turned on.

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I. Tools needed

1, desktop computer or notebook computer

2. Chinese cabbage U disk: How to make a Chinese cabbage U disk boot disk?

Second, start the shortcut key

1, insert the Chinese cabbage startup USB flash drive into the computer, and keep pressing F 12, F 1 1, Esc or F8 shortcut keys when restarting the computer, as shown in the figure;

2. The startup menu pops up. Kingston DataTravelerg 21.00 or GeneralUDisk5.00 or USB options are all USB flash drive startup items, while DVD-RAM is a CD. Just press Enter after selection.

Third, the BIOS sets the USB flash drive startup step

1, if the startup hotkey is not supported, insert the USB flash drive, restart and press Del, F2 and other keys to enter the BIOS interface, and boot different brands of computers into the BIOS interface;

2. If it is the following interface, select AdvancedBIOSFeatures and enter;

3. Press the up and down arrow keys to select HardDiskBootPriority and enter;

4. Select USB-HDD, press the plus or minus sign or F5/F6 or PageUP/PageDown to move to the first position, and press F 10 to enter and restart;

5. If it is the following interface, switch to Boot or Startup, and move the direction key to select HardDriveBBSPriorities and enter;

6. Select BootOption# 1 Enter, move the direction key to select the U disk option, and enter;

7. Press ESC to return, select BootOption# 1 Enter again, select USB flash drive option, enter, and press F 10 to save and restart.

Generally, the shortcut keys such as F 12, F 1 1, Esc are used to start the USB flash drive of Chinese cabbage, but some computers don't support starting the hotkey or the new models disable the hotkey, so it is necessary to modify the BIOS according to the tutorial provided above.