Booting To A Usb Device; Turning Off Your Computer - Dell Dimension DMC Owner's Manual

Booting to a USB Device

NOTE:
To boot to a USB device, the device must be bootable. To make sure your device is bootable,
check the device documentation.
To restart your computer to a USB device such as a floppy drive, memory key, or CD-RW drive:
Connect the USB device to a USB connector..
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Shut down (see page 18) and restart the computer.
2
Turn on the computer. When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
3
If you wait too long and the Microsoft
see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer through the Start menu and try
again.
NOTE:
This procedure changes the boot sequence for one time only. On the next start-up, the computer
boots according to the devices specified in system setup.
When the boot device list appears, highlight USB Flash Device and press <Enter>.
4
The computer restarts to the connected USB device.

Turning Off Your Computer

NOTICE:
system shutdown, as described next, rather than by pressing the power button.
Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, click the Start button, and then click
1
Turn Off Computer.
In the Turn off computer window, click Turn off.
2
The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes.
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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
To avoid losing data, turn off your computer by performing a Microsoft
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Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you
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Windows operating