Boot sequence – Dell XPS 700 Jet Black User Manual
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Appendix
Boot Sequence
This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for the bootable devices installed on your computer.
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
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 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 (see
1 If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector (see "Back View" on
POST Hotkeys
(Setup & Boot Menu
default)
Specifies the function keys to display on the screen when the computer starts.
• Setup & Boot Menu — Display both messages (F2=Setup and F12=Boot
Menu).
• Setup — Display the setup message only (F2=Setup).
• Boot Menu — Display the Quickboot message only (F12=Boot Menu).
• None — Neither message is displayed.
Keyboard Errors
(Report default)
Enables or disables keyboard error reporting when the computer starts.
• Report — Display any keyboard errors.
• Do not report — Do not display any keyboard errors.
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