Once Surface has turned off, press and hold the volume-up button. This requires you to make changes in the UEFI so that the USB drive is the first option. Once your USB drive is set up as a bootable drive with an appropriate operating system on it, you’ll need to set up your Surface to boot from this drive. On the Choose an option screen, select Use a device > USB Storage.Ĭonfigure your Surface to start from a USB drive Under Advanced startup, select Restart Now. Insert the USB drive into the USB port, and then select Start > Settings > Update & security > Recovery. If you’re having trouble starting your Surface with the bootable USB, you can try booting through Windows.
