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Toshiba Qosmio E10 User Manual

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User’s Manual

7-4

HW Setup

Boot Priority

Boot Priority Options

This option sets the priority for booting the computer. Select from the
following settings:

You can override the settings and manually select a boot device by
pressing one of the following keys while the computer is booting:

*In this computer, CD-ROM refers to the fixed optical media drive.

To change the boot drive, follow the steps below.

1. Hold down F12 and boot the computer.

HDD

−> FDD −> CD-

ROM

−> LAN

The computer looks for bootable files in the
following order: HDD, floppy disk drive, CD-ROM
and LAN. (Default)

FDD

−> HDD −> CD-

ROM

−> LAN

The computer looks for bootable files in the
following order: floppy disk drive, HDD, CD-ROM
and LAN.

HDD

−> CD-ROM −>

LAN

−> FDD

The computer looks for bootable files in the
following order: HDD, CD-ROM, LAN and floppy
disk drive.

FDD

−> CD-ROM −>

LAN

−> HDD

The computer looks for bootable files in the
following order: floppy disk drive, CD-ROM, LAN
and HDD.

CD-ROM

−> LAN −>

HDD

−> FDD

The computer looks for bootable files in the
following order: CD-ROM, LAN, HDD, floppy disk
drive.

CD-ROM

−> LAN −>

FDD

−> HDD

The computer looks for bootable files in the
following order: CD-ROM, LAN, floppy disk drive
and HDD.

U

Selects the USB floppy disk drive.

N

Selects the network.

1

Selects the primary HDD.

P

Selects the PC Card HDD.

C

Selects the CD-ROM*.

PC Card HDD boot is supported only by slot 0 on the computer.
Support is guaranteed only for TOSHIBA PC Card HDDs.

When you assign a PC Card HDD top priority, “PC” is not displayed.
However, the PC Card HDD takes the position of HDD in the Boot
Priority Options list above.