Dell Dimension 9100 Owner's Manual

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Appendix 113Boot SequenceThis 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 in thedrive is not bootable, the computer attempts to boot to the hard drive.• Hard Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard drive. If no operatingsystem is on the drive, the computer attempts to boot to the next bootable device.• CD Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the CD drive. If no CD is in the drive, orif the CD has no operating system, the computer attempts to boot to the next bootabledevice.NOTE: The computer attempts to boot to all bootable devices but if no bootable device is found, thecomputer generates the No boot device available error message. Press the key to retrythe boot, or press the key to enter the setup utility.• 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 . TheBIOS 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 ensure that your device is bootable,check the device documentation.Changing Boot Sequence for the Current BootYou can use this feature, for example, to restart your computer to a USB device such as a floppydrive, 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(see page 107).1 If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector (seepage 105).2 Turn on (or restart) your computer.3 When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen,press .If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see theMicrosoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 55) and try again.The Boot Device Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. Each device has a numbernext to it.4 At the bottom of the menu, enter the number of the device that is to be used for the currentboot only.For example, if you are booting to a USB memory key, highlight USB Flash Device and press.