Booting with USB Thumb Drives

With many newer computers (desktops and laptops), you may need to do some adjustments to BIOS settings to be able to boot with USB thumb drive! See below.

We suggest to start with this one (for specific models - see below): Generic Legacy USB Booting Instructions
-DELL Legacy USB Booting Instructions
-HP Legacy USB Booting Instructions
-Intel Legacy USB Booting Instructions
-SONY Legacy USB Booting Instructions
-Lenovo Legacy Boot Instructions

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Once booted to the USB:
o At [System-Tools] hit ENTER.
o Select either version out of the 2 available (if one fails for any reason – try another) and hit ENTER.
o At blue screen hit ENTER, wait a little for it to fully load.
o Once you see the list of available hard drives to check for erasing – it loaded. UNPLUG THE USB DRIVE FROM COMPUTER (so that you accidentally do not erase the USB itself)!
o Check (with SPACE) everything you need erased (to fully erase the computer data > simply check everything in the list) and hit F10.
o Let it run until you see “succeeded” message, at this point selected drives are fully erased.
o Turn off the computer.

System requirements:
• PC Computer (any brand) with USB 2.0 / 3.0 port which can boot with USB drive

   *** Sometimes you may need to adjust your BIOS settings to allow booting with USB!

• Bootable USB ability only needed to erase the hard drive data
• NO internet connection required, everything you need is on the USB drive!

INSTRUCTIONS: How to boot with USB drive:

(it may sometimes not boot or give errors when trying to boot into utilities, in such case, please shut down the computer, then try booting with USB again)

Apple MAC / Macintosh

• Turn on the computer and immediately hold Option / Alt key, then select: “Windows”



PC / Windows

• Restart your computer and wait for that first screen to pop up. Often, it'll say something like "Press F12 to Choose Boot Device" somewhere on the screen. Start tapping that key. If for any reason it won’t work – restart your PC and try again.
• NOTE: You may need to get into BIOS and turn off "Secure Boot" | switch USB Boot setting to "Legacy", then restart the computer and try booting with the USB again.
• Please note, for different computer brands, there may be different key for triggering the boot medium: The key is usually "F1," F2," F10," "Del" or "Esc.", here is the list of common brands and the corresponding boot menu keys:

    >> ACER: Esc, F9, F12

    >> Apple: Option / Alt key

    >> ASUS: Esc, F8

    >> COMPAQ: Esc, F9

    >> DELL: F12

    >> EMACHINES: F12

    >> GATEWAY: F10 or ESC, then F10 (To get into BIOS: ESC > Del)

    >> HP: Esc, F9

    >> INTEL: F10

    >> IBM LENOVO: F12 (or Fn+F12), F10, F8

    >> NEC: F5

    >> PACKARD BELL: F8

    >> SAMSUNG: Esc, F12

    >> SONY: F10, F11

    >> TOSHIBA: F12