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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Something else just came to mind... some laptops you can press <Esc> when it's booting, this will allow you to "change" the boot order. Even if there's a password, doing so will generally let you press enter on a device and let you boot straight to that. It only works for devices activate in the BIOS, though.
The key to press for the boot menu depends on the laptop manufacturer. Some may use Esc, my MSI uses F11, and a bit of googling taught me Dell seems to use F12.