Toshiba Satellite A300D - Manual (Page 131)

User’s Manual 7-5
A300/A300D
You can override the settings and manually select a boot device by
pressing one of the following keys while the computer is booting:
This procedure does not affect the settings.
* In this computer, CD-ROM refers to the DVD Super Multi (+-R DL) drive.
To change the boot drive, follow the steps below.
1. Hold down F12 and boot the computer.
2. Use the up/down cursor keys to select boot device you want and press
ENTER.
Keyboard
Wake-up on Keyboard
When this feature is enabled and the computer is in sleep mode, you can
turn on the computer by pressing any key. It is effective only for the internal
keyboard and only when the computer is in sleep mode.
U Selects the USB diskette drive.
N Selects the network.
1 Selects the primary HDD.
2 Selects the secondary HDD.
C Selects the CD-ROM*.
ExpressCard HDD boot is not supported.
■ If a supervisor password is set, the menu above does not appear when
you use the user password to start the computer.
■ The selection method above does not change the boot priority settings
in HW Setup.
■ If you press a key other than one of those above or if the selected
device is not installed, the system will boot according to the current
setting in HW Setup.
Enabled Enables the Wake-up on Keyboard.
Disabled Disables the Wake-up on Keyboard. (Default)