How can I get into BIOS in my Sony Vaio VPCEH25EN
I have a Sony Vaio, model VPCEH25EN with me. This is the reference (Sony Vaio VPCEH25EN). It came up with a window 7 pre-installed. I want to install Fedora along with that. For that I have tried to get into the BIOS of my machine.
I did a long press on Assist button on my laptop. However it didn't work. When I pressed it, it showed
Windows is loading files
on a black screen and then showed
Windows is starting
Then it gets into Vaio Care Rescue mode. There I had only three options
- Start Recovery Wizard
- Tools
- Exit
No BIOS option is showing
I think, Windows does not allow me to get into BIOS mode of my machine, since it starts loading windows files whenever I click on Assist button.
How can I get into my BIOS System?
Before you press the Power button, press and hold the Assist button and then the power button. Now you get the menu you want.
If this doesn't work, other things you can try:
- Press and hold the F2 key before pressing the power button.
- Press and hold the F3 key before pressing the power button.
You need to be faster and press F2, and instead of pushing the key once, you may need to push it a few times in succession before windows starts to load.
You should not have to go through the BIOS, there’s also something like an ad-hoc boot menu you can choose from. Usually the key for this is displayed at boot. I'm not sure on your Sony, but on a lot of computers it’s F10, F11 or F12… If you can’t figure out which key it is, check the manual.
I had same problem. For your variant of VAIO, following steps may help.
- Completely shut down windows.
- Then turn it on & tap F2, before windows loads.
- That's it.