Boot Sequence - Dell Dimension 3000 Owner's Manual

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Boot Sequence

This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for devices.
Option Settings
• Diskette Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive. If the floppy disk in the drive
is not bootable, if no floppy disk is in the drive, or if there is no floppy drive installed in the computer,
the computer generates an error message.
• Hard Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard drive. If no operating system is
on the drive, the computer generates an error message.
• CD Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the CD drive. If no CD is in the drive, or if the CD
has no operating system, the computer generates an error message.
• USB Flash Device — Insert the memory device into a USB port and restart the computer. When
F12 = Boot Menu
the device and adds the USB flash option to the boot menu.
NOTE:
To boot to a USB device, the device must be bootable. To make sure your device is bootable, check the
device documentation.
Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot
You can use this feature, for example, to restart your computer to a USB device such as a floppy drive,
memory key, or CD-RW drive.
NOTE:
If you are booting to a USB floppy drive, you must first set the floppy drive to OFF in system setup (see
page 80).
1 If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector (see page 53).
2 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
3 When
F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the
Microsoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 45) and try again.
The Boot Device Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. Each device has a number next to it.
This option involves the rightmost bank of keys on your keyboard. When set
to On (default), this option activates the numeric and mathematical
features shown at the top of each key. When set to Off, this option activates
the cursor-control functions labeled on the bottom of each key.
This setting turns the OS Install Mode either On or Off (default).
This option allows you to specify the function keys to display on the screen
when the computer starts.
This option disables or enables keyboard error reporting when the computer
starts.
appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F12>. The BIOS detects
appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F12>.
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