Boot Drive Selection Help 8.1?

I recently purchased a new laptop with Windows 8.1 preinstalled. I am trying to run backtrack 5r3 from my dvd drive. When I go to my boot ootions it wont allow me to change the order of my boot options and I have no idea how to add my dvd drive as a boot ootion. Can someone help me please? I realize I dont know much about this operating system but, Im trying to learn I just cant seem to find any unformation on the right way to do things in 8.1. Only windows 8. Thanks in advance.

Have you highlighted the First boot option & pressed Enter & then highlighted the DVD drive & pressed Enter & then exited saving changes ?

All I see is: Boot Option #1 [Windows Boot Manager (PO: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB.) When I press enter it only gives me a menu with that drive or disable. Ive heard it has to be done through the command prompt? I've no idea how.

So maybe ai need to figure out how to ENABLE the other boot drive options?

I have 8.1 Pro.

You have 8.1.

My BIOS might be different.

On mine I enabled boot menu.
It assigned F-12 key at startup.

Sometimes I need to boot from a usb or dvd.
Even though I first set the first boot option to the needed media, I insert the usb or dvd & restart & press F-12 & the boot menu appears with 3 options, one of which is the usb or dvd.

This works for me.
Others may do it differently.

I have an ASUS q550lf. doesn it matter what type of pc it is? I tried hitting f9-f12 at startup. None of them work. I have to get to my boot options by going through windows and selecting the advanced uefi restart optiin.

On mine, in the bios I used the down arrow key to highlight Boot menu & pressed Enter & selected Enable.
The F-key showed up in the top right corner.

I think someone with plain 8.1 needs to pitch in & help.
Or Brink.

I really can't help further, having a different operating system.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/17058-secure-boot-enable-disable-uefi.html

"Secure boot prevents “unauthorized” operating systems and software from loading during the startup process."

ok well I managed to disable secure boot. My boot menu still only has [Windows Boot Manager (PO YADAYADA HN-YADAYADA) So how do I add my dvd drive as a boot option?

theshwartz said:

ok well I managed to disable secure boot. My boot menu still only has [Windows Boot Manager (PO YADAYADA HN-YADAYADA) So how do I add my dvd drive as a boot option?

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After disabling Secure Boot you must also enable "Legacy" boot.

Windows 8 and Backtrack 5 dualboot - YouTube

theshwartz said:

I have an ASUS q550lf. doesn it matter what type of pc it is? I tried hitting f9-f12 at startup. None of them work. I have to get to my boot options by going through windows and selecting the advanced uefi restart optiin.

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To make ASUS Recovery disk download BACKTRACKER. (For Windows 8)

http://www.asus.com/supportonly/ASUS_Backtracker/#support_Download_36

ASUS said:

Using the Support DVD to restore system recovery.

About the Support DVD :
The Support DVD includes an image of the operating system, installed on your system at the factory.

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or

You can order the Microsoft official OEM Recovery disks from the ASUS OEM manufacturer's website.
Essentio Recovery Software
Notebook Recovery Software

Looking on ASUS web site BACKTRACKER has been removed, my have big problems with Windows 8/8.1.

You could use Macrium Reflect to make a full backup of all local drives.

Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download

I'll describe the process mainly with pictures.



This will appear if you choose Yes:



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It might take 2 or 3 hours to finish.

You should do this also:





That's it.