HP 15-af131dx: unable to boot from a flash drive

My HP 15 - af131dx don't let me boot from a live bootable flash drive. I was able to boot from the drive on my hp mini 110 computer and in the past, I ran Ubuntu on a USB key and it worked fine. What should I do?

Hi @HPlaptop51,.

Thanks for the HP forums post!

I read your post and wanted to help. I understand you want to boot from a USB drive on your 15 HP - af131dx. Please try to access the boot device Options and select boot from USB drive.

To access the Boot Device Options, turn on the computer and immediately press ESC to display the Start Menu and press the F9 key. The USB key may not appear in the menu of Boot Device at all, unless these an optical disk drive or USB drive is turned on, plugged in and holds a bootable media source.

Let me know how it goes.

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