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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.

Figure 15. Boot Device Priority Submenu

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.

■Be aware of the operating environment when booting from a CD-ROM or you may overwrite files by
mistake.
■A bootable CD-ROM has either a floppy disk format or a hard drive format. When the bootable CD-
ROM is used, the drive allocations change automatically without changing the BIOS setup. If a floppy
disk format is used, the CD-ROM becomes Drive A. The CD-ROM will only take drive C: (hard drive
format) if the internal hard drive is not present or is disabled. The bootable CD-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 15: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu

Menu Field Description
1st Boot Device
2nd Boot Device
3rd Boot Device
The boot selections determine the order in which the BIOS searches for the operating system during a startup
sequence. To view all devices related to a source, press [Enter]. To change the order, highlight one source by using
the [up] or [down] cursor keys and then press the [Enter] key to assign the selected device to the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
position. To select a specific hard disk drive, return to the previous screen and click on Hard Disk Drives Priority; select
the desired hard disk drive. To select a specific optical drive, return to the previous screen and click on CD/DVD
Drives Priority; select the desired drive. If an exclamation point appear next to an item, it means the device has been
disabled in the corresponding menu.
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.
Boot
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F1: Help Esc: Exit
1st Boot Device [! Removable Drvs]
2nd Boot Device [Hard Disk Drives]
3rd Boot Device [CD/DVD Drives]
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Boot Device Priority Specifies the boot
sequence from the
available devices.
A device with an
exclamation mark (!)
has been disabled in
the corresponding type
menu.
Boot Menu