Boot sequence – Dell XPS/Dimension XPS Gen 5 User Manual
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Boot Sequence
This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for devices.
Option Settings
•
Diskette Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive. If the floppy disk in
the drive is not bootable, if no floppy disk is in the drive, or if there is no floppy drive installed
in the computer, the computer attempts to boot from the next bootable device in the boot
sequence.
•
Hard Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard drive. If no operating
system is on the drive, the computer attempts to boot from the next bootable device in the
boot sequence.
•
CD Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the CD drive. If no CD is in the drive, or
if the CD has no operating system, the computer attempts to boot from the next bootable
device in the boot sequence.
•
USB Flash Device — Insert the memory device into a USB port and restart the computer.
When
F12 = Boot Menu
appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F12>. The
BIOS detects the device and adds the USB flash option to the boot menu.
NOTE:
To boot to a USB device, the device must be bootable. To make sure that your device is bootable,
check the device documentation.
NOTE:
An error message is generated only after the computer attempts to boot from every device in the
boot sequence and no operating system is found.
Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot
You can use this feature, for example, to tell the computer to boot from the CD drive so that
you can run the Dell Diagnostics on the
Dell Dimension ResourceCD, 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 to a USB device such as a floppy drive, memory key, or
CD-RW drive.
NOTE:
If you are booting to a USB floppy drive, you must first set the floppy drive to OFF in system setup
1 If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector (see page 71).
2 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
POST Hotkeys
This option allows you to specify the function keys to display on the screen
when the computer starts.
Keyboard Errors
This option disables or enables keyboard error reporting when the computer
starts.
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