HW Setup and Passwords

To change the boot drive, follow the steps below.

1.Hold down F12 and boot the computer.

2.The following menu will be displayed with the following icons: Builtin HDD, CDROM, FDD, Network (LAN), PC (ATA) card boot.

A bar will appear only under the selected device.

3.Use the left/right cursor keys to highlight the boot device you want and press Enter.

If a supervisor password is set, the menu above does not appear when you use the user password to start the computer.

The selection method above does not change the boot priority settings in HW Setup.

If you press a key other than one of those above or if the selected device is not installed, the system will boot according to the current setting in HW Setup.

Support of PC (ATA) card boot is guaranteed only for TOSHIBA PC card HDDs.

A PC (ATA) card takes the position of HDD in the Boot Priority Options list.

HDD Priority Options

If more than one HDD is installed in the computer, this option lets you set the priority for HDD detection. If the first detected HDD has a boot command, the system will boot from the HDD.

Built-in HDD ->

HDDs are searched for a boot command in the

PC Card (Default)

following order: the builtin HDD, and the PC

 

card. (Default)

 

 

PC Card ->

HDDs are searched for a boot command in the

Built-in HDD

following order: the builtin HDD and the PC

 

card.

 

 

If a boot command is not found on the first detected HDD, the system will not boot from the other HDD. It will search the next device in the boot priority for a boot command.

TOSHIBA A40 Series

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