How do I enter the BIOS on Windows 10?

Before my family's laptop was upgraded to Windows 10, upon each power-up following a shutdown, it would briefly display Press ESCAPE to enter BIOS, now, following the upgrade it simply turns on, then shows the Windows logo with a . . . . . beneath it. How do I circumvent this so I can change the boot order? I've tried pressing Esc before the Windows logo appears, but to no success. Surely there is an option to avoid this, no?

Hold the shift key down when selecting shutdown from the start menu, you should be able to enter the bios upon power up.

Windows 10 won't affect how to get to the BIOS. Typically, depending on the machine variant, the keys to enter BIOS could be Esc, F1, F2, Del, or really any other key but they're the most common.

Try those keys, literally tapping them every 0.5 secs from the moment the machine is powered on. If not, and your machine uses the newer UEFI style, you can try and restart straight into it from Windows 10. Do this by:

1. Go to the start menu
2. Click Power
3. Hold the SHIFT key
4. Click Restart
5. Wait until the advanced options show
6. Click Troubleshoot
7. Click Advanced Options
8. Click UEFI Firmware Settings
9. Click Restart

These steps only work with the newer UEFI instead of a traditional BIOS.

I've tested and confirmed that the following instructions from Laptop Magazine worked on my Windows 10 Laptop.

1. Navigate to settings by clicking the gear icon in the Start Menu or with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+I

2. Select Update & security.

3. Select Recovery from the left menu.

4. Click Restart Now under Advanced startup. The computer will reboot to a special menu.

5. Click Troubleshoot.

6. Click Advanced options.

7. Select UEFI Firmware Settings.

8. Click Restart.