Toshiba Qosmio G20 (PQG21) User Manual
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User’s Manual
HW Setup
3. Use the left/right cursor keys to highlight the boot device you want and
press Enter.
HDD Priority Options
This option lets you set the priority for hard disk drive detection. If the first
detected hard drive has a boot command on it, the system will continue to
boot from that drive.
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If only a Supervisor Password has been set, the following should be
noted:
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The boot device menu will appear when you use the user password
to start the computer and the “Able to run HW Setup” option has
been configured.
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The boot device menu will not appear when you use the user
password to start the computer and the “Unable to run HW Setup”
option has been configured.
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If both a Supervisor Password and a User Password are set, the
following should be noted:
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The boot device menu will appear when you use either the
Supervisor Password or the User Password to start the computer,
and the “Able to run HW Setup” option has been configured.
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The boot device menu will not appear when you use the User
Password to start the computer and the “Unable to run HW Setup”
option has been configured.
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The boot device menu will appear when you use the Supervisor
Password to start the computer, even if the “Unable to run HW
Setup” option has been configured.
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The boot device selection methods described above will not change
the boot priority settings that have been configured in HW Setup. In
addition, if you press a key other than one of those listed, or if the
selected
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device is not installed, the system will continue to boot according to the
current and available settings in HW Setup.
Built-in HDD1 −>
Built-in HDD2
(Default)
The computer will detect and attempt to boot
from the first built-in hard disk drive (Default).
Built-in HDD2 −>
Built-in HDD1
The computer will detect and attempt to boot
from the second built-in hard disk drive.
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If a boot command is not found on the first detected hard disk drive,
the system will not attempt to boot from the other hard drive, instead it
will search the next device in the boot priority for a boot command.
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On models with one hard disk drive, this item will not be displayed.