Holding shift while booting windows 8

However, I do not want to dual boot. However, if it is possible i would like to know how to run off the Live USB. Thanks again for all the help. Can you please edit your question and make that really clear? In the mean time I'll try to get this re-opened. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. There may be other programs out there, but Rufus is the only one I've found that sets up the partitioning properly for the Surface.

Make sure secure boot is disabled on your Surface. Power down the Surface, hold the volume button down and power the Surface up while continuing to hold the volume button down.

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The process is just more hidden now. One such method is done by booting into Windows 8 and holding shift while clicking restart. Alternatively, you can navigate the Start Menu options for it. Along with changing the advanced boot menu's behavior, Microsoft has redesigned the menu entirely. These advanced options will now include everything a user might expect in a sensible GUI, including quick access to System Restore, System Image Recovery, command prompt and Windows 8 startup settings.

I must admit, when I first stumbled upon this article I was waiting for a "hold this key during boot" solution similar to Apple computers. Seems like an obvious enough fix, right? However, Microsoft chose not to do it this. As a result, it appears the only way to boot into Safe Mode and so on will be to either configure your UEFI firmware to display those advanced boot options or load up into Windows 8 first, tell Windows you want to reboot into the advanced boot options menu and restart the computer.

Personally, I find not being able to invoke the menu with a key during boot cumbersome. Microsoft makes a decent point though: they chose not to do this because Windows 8 will also appear on touchscreen devices that have no physical keyboard.

What do you think?