Windows 10 keeps the [Fast Startup] feature as Windows 8. (For more information, please refer to Windows 8-Introduction of [Fast Startup]) Due to the reason, you CANNOT press F2 to enter BIOS configuration when booting the system. Please refer to the step to enter BIOS configuration. 1. Hold and press [Shift] then turn off the system 2. Press and hold the F2 button then click the power button. DO NOT RELEASE the F2 button until the BIOS screen display. 3. You can find the BIOS configuration. == How to Access the BIOS on a Windows 10 PC By Avram Piltch, LAPTOP Online Editorial Director | October 16, 2015 07:45 am Windows 10 gives you a lot of options you can configure directly within the operating system, but on every computer, there are some settings you can only change in the BIOS (basic input / output system). The BIOS is the software which is built into your computer's motherboard and controls everything .... from the boot order of your drives to preboot security options to whether the Fn key on your keyboard activates a function key or a media control. Unfortunately, because the BIOS is a pre-boot environment, you can't access it directly from within Windows. On some older computers or those deliberately set to boot slowly, you can hit a function key such as F1 or F2 at power-on to enter the BIOS. However, most computers made in the past four years boot Windows 10 too quickly to listen for a key press at startup. To access your BIOS on a Windows 10 PC, you must follow these steps. 1. Navigate to settings. You can get there by clicking the gear icon on the Start menu 2. Select Update & security. 3. Select Recovery from the left menu. 4. Click Restart Now under Advanced startup. The comptuer will reboot to a special menu. 5. Click Troubleshoot. 6. Click Advanced options. 7. Select UEFI Firmware Settings. 8. Click Restart. Your system will restart and take you to the BIOS. ==== How to Access UEFI (BIOS) Settings on Windows 10, 8 and 8.1 2:57 pmJanuary 23, 2015 Raju Kumar You should not be confused with UEFI, actually it is the short form for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. and just after booting Windows 10 PC you see the text written Press Del to Enter Setup which guides to open UEFI. But due to fast Startup it is just uninterruptible. So you need to discover another way to go to UEFI BIOS in Windows 10. So we are writing the Windows 10 tips here to show you How to Access UEFI (BIOS) Settings on Windows 10. The tips are working for Windows 8 and 8.1 too. How to Access UEFI (BIOS) Settings on Windows 10. Certain approaches are valid and functional for the sake of the former editions as 8 moreover 8.1 too. Usually, you can access it as it was in Windows 8/8.1 it has a little bit difference. Let us see how: -On Windows 10, tap on Start Screen at the taskbar. -Check for PC settings and click the same option to navigate it on your screen. Pop up Start Menu to choose Settings -From the left pane, take the option Update and Recovery. updaate and security category -Under Update and Recovery, choose Recovery option. Then you will see the Advance Startup on the right partition of the screen. And click on Restart now Tab. advance_startup_restart Note: When you click Restart now tab your PC will start to boot and it may take few minutes to again restart. -During rebooting it will bring you to Advance Startup Screen, there hit the Troubleshoot option. troubleshoot option under choose an option -Under troubleshoot, tap on Advanced options at the bottom part. advanced options on troubleshoot pop up -The screen shows 5 choices. Go along with Startup Settings. select startup settings -In the next screen. you see a group of 7 options. Restart without doing anything. Restarting your system will bring these options allottecated with function keys. troubleshoot restart to change options -Your display showcases 9 different options here and for each, one function key from F1 to F9 is assigned. To choose any one of these you need to press the concerned function key. F10 brings more options and Enter takes you to OS. group of startup settings screen -When you press F10 anymore you get Launch Recovery Environment. startup settings screen Now, you need to know that UEFI interface which was present in earlier versions has gone. But you get Launch Recovery Environment.