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 −> CD- The computer looks for bootable files on devices

ROM −> LAN in the following order: 1. floppy diskette drive*1, 2. hard disk drive, 3. CD-ROM*2, 4. LAN.

HDD −> FDD −> CD- The computer looks for bootable files on devices

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 there is a bootable disk contained in the external drive. If SD memory is installed as well, the external floppy diskette drive will be checked first, followed by the SD memory device itself.

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

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