Booting from the D: drive

[Guest]

My laptop does not have a floppy disk drive, but has a CD-rom drive. And I'm
trying to change the boot order so the computer checks the D: drive first for
instructions instead of the of the A: drive then C: drive and THEN D: drive.
So does anyone have any idea on how I could change the BIOS settings, boot-up
settings, or whatever you want to call them so the computer tries booting
from the D: drive before the C: drive?

 

[Jerry]

Read the manual that came with the system. All of the instructions should be
in it.

 

[Guest]

Derrick, you will need to go into the bios and change the boot order where
the CDROM boots first, then a: drive and then c: drive.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help!

Read the manual that came with the system. All of the instructions should be
in it.

 

[DL]

If your asking how do you enter the bios, this can vary by PC, generally
keying DEL on booting is one key combo.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My laptop does not have a floppy disk drive, but has a CD-rom drive. And I'm
trying to change the boot order so the computer checks the D: drive first for
instructions instead of the of the A: drive then C: drive and THEN D: drive.
So does anyone have any idea on how I could change the BIOS settings, boot-up
settings, or whatever you want to call them so the computer tries booting
from the D: drive before the C: drive?

Identify the hot key needed to enter the BIOS setup when hit during the
initial power up. Often Del, but also may be F2 or another F key or
even Insert - consult the manual. If you hit things at random, you may
well get 'Hit x to enter Setup'

There it may be one of two places:
BIOS Settings page - look down (down arrow key) for Boot Order, cycle
it round with Pagedn key to CDRom, C

Boot Page - use down arrow to get to the CD, then numeric pad + to push
it to the top; select the floppy and numeric pad - to push it down

Either way then hit ESC, go to Exit and Exit, Saving settings (Y to
confirm probably)

 

[Marko]

each portable is different, e.g. a toshiba is F2

If your asking how do you enter the bios, this can vary by PC, generally
keying DEL on booting is one key combo.



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