Launching your LaunchPad USB flash drive
Finding your boot menu screen can be a bear.
So far as I know all desktop and laptop computers have a startup "Boot Menu". You will use this menu when you want to boot startup a dvd or USB drive, do window repair, install, or just run something else like the LaunchPad. There is no standard key(s) to select a boot startup menu. Usually one of F12, DEL, ESC key works, but there are others. Sometimes they show up just as you startup your computer. Other times they are hidden. For big time help, go log on to the internet and enter the following into the address bar:
"http://boot-disk.com/quest_bootmenu.htm'" There are too many hot key code types to put on the page. See if one of these is for your computer. To me, this is crazy.
I have 4 computers tied into 1 monitor and 1 keyboard. One computer I just plug in the USB stick and it boots the USB stick. The other I have to hit F12 when it shows up on the screen. The third one I have to hit the ESC key when it shows up.
Once you figure it out, it should be a snap to switch to the USB flash drive and back again.
ae 7/23/20
