HW Setup & BIOS Setup

Boot Priority

Boot Priority Options

This tab allows you to select the priority for booting the computer - the following settings are available:

FDD −> HDD −>

The computer looks for bootable files on devices

CD-ROM −> LAN

in the following order: 1. floppy diskette drive*1,

 

2. hard disk drive, 3. CD-ROM*2, 4. LAN.

HDD −> FDD −>

The computer looks for bootable files on devices

CD-ROM −> LAN

in the following order: 1. hard disk drive, 2. floppy

 

diskette drive*1, 3. CD-ROM*2, 4. LAN.

FDD −> CD-ROM −>

The computer looks for bootable files on devices

LAN −> HDD

in the following order: 1. floppy diskette drive*1,

 

2. CD-ROM*2, 3. LAN, 4. hard disk drive.

HDD −> CD-ROM −>

The computer looks for bootable files on devices

LAN −> FDD

in the following order: 1. hard disk drive,

 

2. CD-ROM*2, 3. LAN, 4. floppy diskette drive*1.

CD-ROM −> LAN −>

The computer looks for bootable files on devices

FDD −> HDD

in the following order: 1. CD-ROM*2, 2. LAN,

 

3. floppy diskette drive*1, 4. hard disk drive.

CD-ROM −> LAN −>

The computer looks for bootable files on devices

HDD −> FDD

in the following order: 1. CD-ROM*2, 2. LAN,

 

3. hard disk drive, 4. floppy diskette drive*1.

You can override the settings and manually select a boot device by pressing one of the following keys while the computer is booting:

U

Selects the USB floppy diskette drive.

 

 

N

Selects the network.

 

 

1

Selects the built-in hard disk drive.

 

 

C

Selects the CD-ROM*2.

 

 

M

Selects the USB memory drive.

*1 The floppy diskette drive will be used to start the computer when it contains a bootable disk.

*2 CD-ROM will be used to start the computer when it contains a bootable disc.

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