Toshiba Tecra A8, SATELLITE PRO A120 manual Boot Priority Options

HW Setup

Boot Priority

Boot Priority Options

This option sets the priority for booting the computer. Select from the following settings:

HDD −> FDD −> CD- The computer looks for bootable files in the

ROM −> LAN following order: HDD, floppy disk drive*1, CD- ROM*2 and LAN (Default).

FDD −> HDD −> CD- The computer looks for bootable files in the

ROM −> LAN following order: floppy disk drive*1, HDD, CD- ROM*2 and LAN.

HDD −> CD-ROM−> The computer looks for bootable files in the

LAN −> FDD following order: HDD, CD-ROM*2, LAN and

floppy disk drive*1.

FDD −> CD-ROM−> The computer looks for bootable files in the

LAN −> HDD following order: floppy disk drive*1, CD-ROM*2, LAN and HDD.

CD-ROM−> LAN −> The computer looks for bootable files in the

HDD −> FDD following order: CD-ROM*2, LAN, HDD, floppy disk drive*1.

CD-ROM−> LAN −> The computer looks for bootable files in the

FDD −> HDD following order: CD-ROM*2, LAN, floppy disk drive*1 and HDD.

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 disk drive.
N	Selects the network.
1	Selects the primary HDD.
C	Selects the CD-ROM*2.
M	Selects the USB Memory.

*1 The floppy disk drive will be used to start the computer when there is a bootable disk contained in the external drive. If SD memory is installed as well, the external floppy disk drive will be checked first, followed by the SD memory device itself.

*2 The optical disk drive will be used to start the computer when there is a bootable disk contained in the drive.

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