You'll get a popup menu listing all bootable devices currently plugged in, and can also choose to Enter setup to change BIOS parameters (not needed in your case). Use a toothpick, bent paperclip, or needle to push the button. To test if Windows is able to recognize the drive. Check on the arrow next to DVD/CD-ROM drives, then right-click on drive that is not recognized and select Enable device. To check to see if yours does, look near the face of the CD/DVD drive and you should see a small hole. Type and search Device Manager in the Windows search bar, then click on Open. Not all drives and burners have this feature. Don't hit it, just hold it down while the machine is restarting. Next, you can try to to force eject the CD/DVD tray. Just before the laptop shuts off, start holding down ESC. If I may paraphrase Steve Jobs - 'you're pressing it wrong'. I want to make sure I know how to boot to CD or USB now, while everything is working and then put the USB or CD aside 'just in case' I ever need it.

(Holding 'Esc' was a suggestion I found to bring up the boot menu.)

I did try holding 'Esc' down during the boot process but it didn't help. However, when starting the computer, how do I get the G750 to boot from either the CD or USB? When I reboot now, even with the CD in place, I see no option to boot from the CD. ShadowProtect allows me to create a bootable CD or USB to allow me to start ShadowProtect in case I even screw up my computer such that it will no longer boot. I am using ShadowProtect Desktop to create complete backups of my C: Drive (SSD).

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