Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu

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Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu

The Boot Device Priority Submenu is for setting the order of checking of sources for the operating system.

InsydeH20 Setup Utility

Information

Main

Advanced

Security

Boot

Exit

Boot Device Priority

Floppy Drive

Hard Disk Drive

CD/DVD-ROM Drive

Network Boot Device

Up/Dn Select Boot Device

<>		Select Screen
		Select	Item

Enter		Select	▲ Submenu
F1	=	Help
F9	=	Setup Defaults
F10 =		Save and Exit
Esc =		Exit

Figure 14. Boot Device Priority Submenu

■Be aware of the operating environment when booting from a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or you may over- write files by mistake.

■A bootable CD-ROM/DVD-ROM has either a floppy disk format or a hard drive format. When the bootable CD-ROM/DVD-ROM is used, the drive allocations change automatically without changing the BIOS setup. If a floppy disk format is used, the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM becomes Drive A. The CD-ROM/ DVD-ROM will only take drive C: (hard drive format) if the internal hard drive is not present or is disabled. The bootable CD-ROM/DVD-ROM can never use a C: designation if a formatted internal hard drive is present since the C: designator is always reserved for the internal hard drive. The boot sequence ignores the new drive designations, however, your application software will use the new designations..

Table 14: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu

	Menu Field	Description


	Floppy Drive	The boot selections determine the order in which the BIOS searches for the operating system during a startup
		sequence. To change the order, highlight one source by using the [up] or [down] cursor keys and then press the
	Hard Disk Drive	[+] or [-] key to change the order number. The selections that appear above may be different for your system,
	CD/DVD-ROM Drive	depending upon configuration.
	CD/DVD-ROM Drive	There may be cases in which you have multiple drives of a single type. In those cases, go to the submenu related

	Network Boot Drive	to the drive on the main Boot menu, and select which of the devices you wish to use. For example, if you have
		two hard disk drives in your system, go to Boot -> Hard Disk Drive, and select the device you wish to use for
		booting.
		NOTE: Be aware that if you use the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device, certain files may be overwritten,
		depending upon your operating environment.

Exiting from Boot Menu

When you have finished setting the boot parameters with the Boot menu, you can either exit from the setup utility or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from the setup utility press the Esc key to go to the Exit menu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor keys.