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Dell Latitude XT (Late 2007) User Manual

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Using the System Setup Program

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The Boot Order page displays a general list of the bootable devices that may

be installed in your Tablet-PC, including but not limited to the following:

• Modular Bay HDD
• Internal HDD
• Optical Drive

During the boot routine, the Tablet-PC starts at the top of the list and scans

each enabled device for the operating system start-up files. When the

Tablet

-

PC finds the files, it stops searching and starts the operating system.

To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down-

arrow or up-arrow key, and then enable or disable the device or change its

order in the list.

• To enable or disable a device, highlight the item and press the space bar.

Enabled items appear as white and display a small triangle to the left;

disabled items appear blue or dimmed without a triangle.

• To reorder a device in the list, highlight the device and then press or

(not case-sensitive) to move the highlighted device up or down.

Boot sequence changes take effect as soon as you save the changes and exit

the system setup program.

Performing a One-Time Boot

You can set a one-time-only boot sequence without entering the system setup

program. (You can also use this procedure to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the

diagnostics utility partition on your hard drive.)

1 Shut down the Tablet-PC through the Start (

in Windows Vista

®

)

menu.

2 If the Tablet-PC is connected to a docking device (docked), undock it. See

the documentation that came with your docking device for instructions.

3 Connect the Tablet-PC to an electrical outlet.
4 Turn on the Tablet-PC. When the DELL logo appears, press

immediately.
If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until

you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your Tablet-PC and try

again.

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