Enabling Or Disabling A Device; Selecting A Startup Device; Selecting A Temporary Startup Device - Lenovo ThinkCentre 3379 User Manual

Enabling or disabling a device

This section provides information on how to enable or disable user access to the
following devices:
Serial ATA
External SATA Port
Legacy Diskette A
(some models)
To enable or disable a device, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on
2. From the Setup Utility program, select Devices or select Devices → ATA Drive
3. Select the desired devices and settings and press Enter.
4. Return to the Setup Utility program menu and select Exit and then Save

Selecting a startup device

If your computer does not start up from a device such as the disc, diskette, or hard
disk drive as expected, do one of the following to select the startup device you
want.

Selecting a temporary startup device

Use this procedure to startup from any start device.
Note: Not all discs, hard disk drives, and diskettes are bootable.
1. Turn off your computer.
2. Repeatedly press and release the F12 key when turning on the computer. When
3. Select the desired startup device from the Startup Device Menu and press
Note: Selecting a startup device from the Startup Device menu does not
When this feature is set to Disabled, all devices connected to the
SATA connectors (such as hard disk drives or the optical drive)
are disabled and will not be displayed in the system
configuration.
When this feature is set to Disabled, the device connected to the
External SATA connector cannot be accessed.
When this feature is set to Disabled, the diskette drive cannot be
accessed.
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Setup.
Settings or Save and exit the Setup Utility.
Note: If you do not want to save the settings, select Exit the Setup Utility
without saving.
the Please select boot device window displays, release the F12 key.
Enter to begin.
permanently change the startup sequence.
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