using the bootable rescue media on a UEFI bios system
In the past if I needed to restore a backup that I had made (older versions of True Image and one machine was a vista and the other an XP) all I would do was to put the recovery disc into the drive and start the pc. The bootable recovery media would start and then I would just recover to one of my backups or if it was a new hard drive follow the steps to install the backup onto that new hard drive and I was back up and going in no time flat.
However, with the Dell XPS 8700 running Windows 8.1 (64 bit) I tried using the bootable rescue media disc I made and starting the computer but it just started up normally so I tried making the bootable rescue media on a flash drive and booting up but again it started up normally.
So I finally figured out how to access the bios and the bios is completely different now and it says something about UEFI and everything looks completely different there. I did try moving the usb storage up from the 2nd option to the first but that did not work and I also tried moving the Internal ODD Device from the 3rd option to the first with no luck either.
How am I supposed to get the Bootable Rescue Media to work with this UEFI bios?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks So Very Much

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If the computer boots, put the recovery medium in the computer, and start Windows. You will then choose, change settings charms > PC settings > Update and recovery > Recovery > Advanced startup options to boot into the recovery CD.
Verify that the UEFI boot settings allow for booting from USB at a higher priority than booting for Windows. On some computer, it is possible to access the boot options before Windows kicks in.
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I did finally find out how to do this and for my computer with the rescue media on a flash drive. Booting from that once I figure out how was easy. Will try it with the cd as well and if not I would need to permanently change the boot sequence (as you stated - disabling the secure boot first).
But by just putting the flash drive that I made with the rescue media into the usb port and starting or restarting the pc and immediately tapping F12 I got the boot options and I just selected the flash drive, hit enter and the pc started with 3 options. I simply selected Acronis 2015 and it booted to the recovery media.
Thanks!
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