Changing Boot Sequence For The Current Boot; Changing Boot Sequence For Future Boots - Dell OptiPlex 330 User Manual

Onboard or USB Floppy Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive. If the floppy disk in the drive is not bootable, or if no floppy disk
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is in the drive, the computer generates an error message.
Onboard SATA Hard Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the primary serial ATA hard drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the
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computer generates an error message.
Onboard or USB Optical Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the optical drive. If no disc is in the drive, or if the disc has no operating system,
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the computer generates an error message.
Onboard Network Controller — The computer attempts to boot from the network controller. If no operating system is present, the computer generates
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an error message.

Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot

You can use this feature, for example, to tell the computer to boot from the optical drive so that you can run the Dell Diagnostics on the Drivers and Utilities
media, but you want the computer to boot from the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are complete. You can also use this feature to restart your computer
from a USB device such as a floppy drive, memory key, or optical drive.
NOTE: If you are booting to a USB floppy drive, you must first set the floppy drive to USB in system setup (see
1. If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector.
2. Turn on (or restart) your computer.
3. When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F12>.
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 Turning Off Your
The Boot Device Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. Each device has a number next to it.
4. At the bottom of the menu, enter the number of the device that is to be used for the current boot only.
For example, if you are booting to a USB memory key, highlight USB Device and press <Enter>.
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 Future Boots

1. Enter system setup (see Entering System
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Boot Sequence menu option and press <Enter> to access the pop-up menu.
NOTE: Write down your current boot sequence in case you want to restore it.
3. Press the up- and down-arrow keys to move through the list of devices.
4. Press the spacebar to enable or disable a device. (Enabled devices have a checkmark.)
5. Press <Shift><Up Arrow> or <Shift><Down Arrow> to move a selected device up or down the list.
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