HP dc5700 manual DPS Self-Test, Shortcut to Temporarily Override Boot Order

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Table 3 Computer Setup—Storage (continued)

NOTE Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel.

SATA 4 (some models)

Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Primary channel of the second SATA controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE.

NOTE Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel.

SATA 5 (some models)

Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Secondary channel of the second SATA controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPS Self-Test

Allows you to execute self-tests on ATA hard drives capable of performing the Drive Protection

 

 

System (DPS) self-tests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE This selection will only appear when at least one drive capable of performing the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPS self-tests is attached to the system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Order

Allows you to:

 

Specify the order in which attached devices (such as a USB flash media device, diskette drive, hard drive, optical drive, or network interface card) are checked for a bootable operating system image. Each device on the list may be individually excluded from or included for consideration as a bootable operating system source.

Specify the order of attached hard drives. The first hard drive in the order will have priority in the boot sequence and will be recognized as drive C (if any devices are attached).

NOTE MS-DOS drive lettering assignments may not apply after a non-MS-DOS operating system has started.

Shortcut to Temporarily Override Boot Order

To boot one time from a device other than the default device specified in Boot Order, restart the computer and press F9 when the monitor light turns green. After POST is completed, a list of bootable devices is displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the preferred bootable device and press Enter. The computer then boots from the selected non-default device for this one time.

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dc5700 specifications

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