Boot Sequence - Dell DIMENSION E510 DCSM Owner's Manual

POST Hotkeys
(Setup & Boot Menu
default)
Keyboard Errors
(Report default)

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 appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F12>. The BIOS detects 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 that 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
"System Setup" on page 109).
1 If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector (see "Connectors" on
page 107).
Determines whether the sign-on screen displays a message stating the
keystroke sequence that is required to enter the Setup program or the
Quickboot feature.
• Setup & Boot Menu — displays both messages
(F2=Setup and F12=Boot Menu)
• Setup — displays the setup message only (F2=Setup)
• Boot Menu — displays the Quickboot message only (F12=Boot Menu)
• None — displays no message
When set to Report and an error is detected during POST, the BIOS will
display the error message and prompt you to press <F1> to continue or
press <F2> to enter System Setup.
When set to Do Not Report (disabled) and an error is detected during
POST, the BIOS will display the error message and continue booting the
system.
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