Changing The Drive Boot Order - HP Armada 7300 Reference Manual

Changing the Drive Boot Order

When the computer is turned on, it searches for a drive to start
(boot) from in a particular order. The default order is the first
bootable CD-ROM, the first bootable diskette, then the first
bootable hard drive.
A bootable drive contains files needed by the computer to start
and operate properly. The bootable drive can be in the computer
or, when the computer is docked, in the optional ArmadaStation or
Armada MiniStation EX.
Boot Management in Computer Setup provides a way to change
the default boot order. To view or change Boot Management
settings, turn on or restart the computer and press
cursor appears near the upper-right corner of the screen. Select
Computer SetupÆSystem FeaturesÆBoot Management.
The Properties tab contains an option to disable the diskette boot
ability.
The MultiBoot tab contains an option to enable MultiBoot and to
specify the order the computer will follow when searching for a
bootable drive. When MultiBoot is enabled, the default boot
order is:
First
Second
Third
Last
To change the MultiBoot order, move the bay label up or down in
the list. When the computer searches for a bootable drive, it will
consider only the first drive of the same type. For example, the
computer will not start from a bootable hard drive if a non-
bootable hard drive precedes it in the boot order.
IMPORTANT:
change the logical drive designations. For example, if you boot
from a hard drive in the expansion base, it becomes drive C, and
the computer hard drive becomes drive D. If you boot from a
diskette drive in the expansion base, it becomes drive A, and the
computer diskette drive becomes drive B.
6-18 Working with Removable Drives
Computer MultiBay
Computer hard drive bay
Left bay in ArmadaStation or Armada MiniStation EX
Right bay in ArmadaStation
Be aware that if you change the boot order, you also
when the
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