Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 to change the startup order of your Hyper-V virtual machine.
How can I change the startup order of my virtual machine on my laptop running Windows 8?
You can verify the startup order of your virtual machine by piping the results of Get-VM to the Get-VMBios cmdlet, as shown here.
08:11 C:\> get-vm c2 | Get-VMBios
VMName StartupOrder NumLockEnabled
------ ------------ --------------
C2 {CD, IDE, LegacyNetworkAdapter, Floppy} False
To change the startup order, pipe the results to the Set-VMBios and supply the order as an array. The following illustrates the technique.
08:12 C:\> get-vm c2 |
Set-VMBios -StartupOrder @("IDE","LegacyNetworkAdapter","CD","Floppy")
08:13 C:\> get-vm c2 | Get-VMBios
VMName StartupOrder NumLockEnabled
------ ------------ --------------
C2 {IDE, LegacyNetworkAdapter, CD, Floppy} False
