Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference Manual page 128

Power Conservation: Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference
For instructions, see your Advanced Port Replicator User's Guide.
4. Turn on the computer.
5. Press <F2> at the Dell BIOS splash screen to access the System Setup menu.
6. Press the down-arrow key to move through the field, and press the left- or right-arrow
key to change the device setting.
Select the following boot sequence:
Boot First Device: Diskette Drive
Boot Second Device: CDROM/DVDROM Drive
Boot Third Device: Internal HDD
7. Shut down the computer.
8. If your computer has a diskette drive attached, make sure that the drive does not contain
a diskette.
9. Turn on the computer.
The computer restarts and automatically begins to run the Dell Diagnostics.
10. Type x to exit to MS-DOS.
11. At the MS-DOS prompt, type r:\winx\suspend\rms2d (where winx is your operating
system) and press <Enter>.
NOTE: When you run the Dell Diagnostics from the System Software CD, the
CD-ROM drive letter is r.
Status messages appear on the screen as the removal process progresses. When
the S2D partition has been removed, the following message appears:
The S2D partition was successfully removed.
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