How to Boot Surface Book from a USB Drive

Booting a Surface Book from a USB Drive can be a little frustrating if you didn’t follow its specific procedure especially when your device can’t boot to Windows. In this article, we have everything you need to know to boot your Surface Book from a USB Drive.

To boot Surface Book from a USB drive, insert a bootable USB drive to the Surface Book Base’s USB port. On the tablet, press and hold the volume down button, while holding, press and release the power button. When the Surface logo appears, release the volume down button.

Before you move on, we have also written this tutorial for other Surface lineups as well with individual specific instructions as you can find here.

If you have a Surface Book (1st Gen), Surface Book with Performance Base, Surface Book 2, or a Surface Book 3 PC, read on for a more in-depth guide on how to boot your Surface Book from a USB Drive.

Table of contents

  1. Why Boot Surface Book From A USB Drive?
  2. Surface Book Boot From A USB: Preparation
  3. Surface Book Boot From A USB: When Surface Book is Off
  4. Surface Book Boot From A USB: When Surface Book is On
  5. Surface Book Boot From A USB: With No Password

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