How to get the setup menu on a HP Pavilion 550-170na Desktop PC
This is a new PC and it works ok with the default install of Windows 10 Home edition on a slow disk, but I want to wipe that out and install Win 10 Pro on an SSD instead.
But I can't find a way to get to the setup menus or a boot menu before windows boots. The only way I can get screen output (its hdmi) is to let it boot up to the default drive, then windows appears onscreen as expected.
I think whats happening is that there is no video support until windows is running. Because if I do frantically press f10, esc and f1 then windows never appears, whereas if I leave it boot it eventually does appear. So I can't find any way of getting to a boot menu.
I've also tried f2 which brings up setup on my dell computers, no luck.
All ideas welcome - thank you
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If your OEM PC does not provide a quick and clean way for you to get into UEFI settings/boot menu (when Windows is found), you can go to the following after boot:
(Start -> Settings -> Update & Security -> Recovery -> Advanced Startup -> Restart Now)
Then click "Use a device" to see if your Windows Installation CD/USB is found. If not, you may need to go deeper to get into the UEFI settings and see if there are options that should be adjusted:
Troubleshoot (instead of "Use a device) -> Advanced Options -> UEFI firmware settings
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