Booting into BIOS.

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[Artie]

I see this come up from time to time, and once in a blue moon, I need to get into mine. The main issue always seems to be in hitting the proper Fx key at just the right moment. The proper Fx key can be different on different computers. For example, my ASUS laptop uses F2, which is a little unusual.

Here’s a much simpler method:

Create a batch file with this simple command:

shutdown /r /fw /f /t 0 (That’s zero, with a space between the /t and zero.)

/r = restart

/fw = restart into BIOS

/f = force apps to stop

/t = timeout (zero = immediately)

If timeout is greater than zero, then /f is implied. So:

shutdown /r /fw /f /t 0 = restart to BIOS immediately.

shutdown /r /fw /t 5 = restart to BIOS in 5 seconds.

I name this batch file bios.bat. Just type bios at a cmd (command) prompt. SO much easier.

Hope this helps someone.

P.S. I believe this works in all versions of Windows. I’m using Win 11 22H2.

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Another quick method to boot to BIOS is to take the command you made:

Artie wrote:

shutdown /r /fw /f /t 0

Place that command as the Location in a new shortcut and one click of the shortcut will run the command without a bat file or a command window open.

HTH, Dana:))

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Thanks, Atrtie / Drcard…. Shtcut was used prior per an earlier AW Thread BUT the article I Saved Added … Rt Clk New Shtcut / Properties and clk Run as Administrator. Is THAT fluff or meaningful?

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https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/tip-boot-into-the-bios-directly-from-windows-shortcut/

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My desktop motherboard is an Asus.

Many times I want to access my BIOS on the first power on boot of the day, not after a reboot.

To make this easy, I have changed the length of time the POST image stays up from 5 seconds to 15 seconds.

I allows time to see the POST screen then suddenly remember I wanted to views the BIOS settings and still have time to tap the  F2 key.  Hard to do in 5 seconds, easy with 15.

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TechTango wrote:

To make this easy, I have changed the length of time the POST image stays up from 5 seconds to 15 seconds.

Pardon me while I clear out the cobwebs (it’s been quite a long time since I’ve had to dig through my BIOS settings), but I presume you made that change from within the actual BIOS/UEFI settings themselves, correct?

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Correct, in the actual BIOS/UEFI settings themselves.

I can’t say with certainty that this flex setting option is in all BIOS/UEFI settings, but it seems likely.  It’s very handy.

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I also have an ASUS motherboard and use the same command to enter BIOS mode but, like @Drcard:)) suggested, instead of a batch file I created a shortcut and added it to my Start Menu along with the Restart, Shutdown and Recovery Mode shortcuts already there.

I find it much easier to press the WinKey to open the start menu and then select the option I want.

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I’m on Win 10 22H2 on a 10 years old Dell XPS 8300 and this command doesn’t work.

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Try F8 for entering BIOS.  Some of my older machines used it.

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I think F2 is pretty standard for entering the UEFI/BIOS setup these days, at least on laptops. All three of the PCs (all laptops) have this key. My desktop (with a motherboard more than ten years old) uses Del, which was always the AMI standard (and this Asus board uses AMI).

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CraigS26 wrote:

Thanks, Atrtie / Drcard…. Shtcut was used prior per an earlier AW Thread BUT the article I Saved Added … Rt Clk New Shtcut / Properties and clk Run as Administrator. Is THAT fluff or meaningful?

The command requires Administrator privileges to execute. If you don’t run the shortcut by right clicking and selecting Run as Administrator it won’t run. The original poster did not state that when he ran the command as a bat file from the Command Prompt that it was an Admin Command Prompt. Even in a bat file the command will require Administrator privileges to run. This can be running in an elevated Command Prompt. I choose a different way.

I turned my command to boot to BIOS into a truly one click shortcut. I placed the command in a bat file. I created a Task in Task Scheduler to run this bat. Task Scheduler has a setting to allow a task to run with highest privileges without any extra clicks or windows. I created a shortcut to that Task which runs the bat file (the command) with highest privileges. Thus one click on my shortcut does boot to BIOS.
I placed this shortcut to my custom toolbar on the Taskbar that has shortcuts to almost every tool/app of the Windows System.

HTH, Dana:))

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