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Windows 11/ Acronis Build 40173 - I created a boot USB but cannot get the process to work for me. When I "F2" during a boot I get into the Windows hardware/BIOS/Boot screens. My boot order has 3 choices (Windows Boot Manager, Onboard NIC (IPV4), and Onboard NIC (IPV6)). I do not know how to cross reference my USB ports to the NIC IPV guys. Changing this order around in several ways I cannot get the Acronis USB as the boot device. Eventually, the system boots to the usual Windows screen, bypassing Acronis. Thank you, in advance, for any help!

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In the boot device listing normally there will be two listings for the USB stick, one for UEFI (identified as such) and one for BIOS/Legacy. It looks like the BIOS settings are limiting your choice of boot devices. You could try disabling secure boot and any other options that look like they may be limiting the choice.

Do you know the model number of the motherboard (if it is a home/custom build) or the model of the PC? The documentation may include a hint of what is preventing the USB drive being recognised.

Ian

In most cases you will have a "one-time boot menu" you can activate by rapidly pressing a F-key during the boot sequence.  In that menu you should find the boot media selection(s).  Common F-keys are F11, F12, F8, Esc, and for Lenovo keys Fn+F12 or Fn+F2.

Thanks for responding. It turns out a boot option I had did not allow me to direct to another device (other than drive C:). Of course, I had no idea what the issue was because I don't do this on a regular basis.