She inserted the drive, restarted the computer... and Windows booted normally again, ignoring the USB stick entirely.
Inside, she saw a screen that looked like a blast from the 1990s (text-based) or a sleek modern interface with mouse support. She found the tab. how to change boot order windows 10
Her computer was following a strict set of instructions called the . This is a priority list stored in a special chip on the motherboard (the BIOS/UEFI) that tells the computer: "First, check the USB port. If nothing is there, check the DVD drive. Finally, boot from the hard drive." She inserted the drive, restarted the computer