Can't go into BIOS to change boot device

Question

I completely erased my Hard Drive and installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo B570 laptop. After a few months of using it I wanted to remove it, so I reboot my computer and pressed F12 (MultiBoot List.) GRUB2 came up instead of the Boot Device selection list, so I tried to get into the BIOS, but GRUB came up again and I could not change my Boot Device. I tried looking up how to remove GRUB, but all the guides I found said I had to boot from my Windows 7 Installation Media, which was not possible. I tried DEL, ESC, F2, F12, Backspace, FN + F2, FN + F12, SHIFT + F2, and everything I could think of, and I even spammed the buttons in the same second after I hit the power button. Nothing works.

Any Idea how to stop this?

Solution

Did a quick google search and it looks like the default key for BIOS access if F2, not F12. If you tried that one, like Frank said, you're probably just not hitting it in time. Try spamming the bios key while turning the machine on if you're still having trouble.

Comments

[Frank Thomas]

its very weird that grub comes up instead of bios setup. I would assume that means that you did not manage to tell it to enter the bios in time. are you sure you are hitting the right key at post?

[barlop]

-1 see my answer.

[arundevma]

Bios key may be different for different systems.For some PCs it is f2 for some f1 and for some others it is delete.

[LMNOP]

@gladiator2345 Yes, I know, but it seems like its F2 for his particular laptop.

[MatthewSot]

Hello! If I read the question right, he/she doesn't have Windows installed any more (they removed it and installed Ubuntu), and he clearly says he's "rebooting my computer" (not putting it in hibernation).

[fixer1234]

You might have had the same problem as Rock, but it is not the same as what's in the question.