I've used many many BIOS based computers, and I have yet to see one where it takes a full minute to get the MBR to execute (that is, unless you are playing with the boot device selection screen from your BIOS but then you are actively using that machine, and the delay between device selection and MBR execution should be a few seconds at worst). If you really have a PC that takes more than 60 seconds from power-up/reset to the "Press any key." prompt, then you need to change that PC (or fiddle with your BIOS options to reduce some of the detection delays for HDD and so on). Since the boot process from USB flash drive will normally take 2-3 minutes Maybe you consider to add this option (as cmdline option would be sufficient).
Since I told the computer in the step before (in Boot device selection) to boot from USB flash drive I see no reason for this additional prompt. Having a corresponding option in Rufus would ease it much.Īlternatively a Rufus option which auto-presses (or avoid) the prompt completly would be even better. If the duration time would be longer (30 or 60 seconds) there would be a good chance that I turn my head from the other screen back again and recognize the necessity to press a key. But I have to remember so many things (hotkeys, configuration parameters, passwords.) for so many programs that my brains forgets less important things like a wait+keypress step when booting from USB flash drive. You could say I am stupid and need a punishment. This is rather time consuming and unnecessary. If I don't press it the boot will continue from hard disk (not from USB flash drive!!) and I have to wait until the OS is completely booted, then shutdown and restart the computer, go into boot device selection. So I oftentimes forgot that there is another prompt for pressing a key on the first computer. Since the boot process from USB flash drive will normally take 2-3 minutes I switch my concentration to another computer/notebook nearby and continue my work over there (browser, email, writing something in editor). I plugged in the USB flash drive, boot up the computer, selected the USB flash drive as boot device and think thats all. The reason behind my question is a situation which occurs sometimes:
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