Dell Dimension 4550 Series, Owner'S Manual

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34 Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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Booting to a USB Device
HINT: To boot to a USB
device, the device must be
bootable. To make sure
that your device is
bootable, check the device
documentation.
To reboot your computer to a USB device such as a floppy drive, memory
key, or CD-RW drive:
1
Connect the USB device to a USB connector (see page 76 and
page 78).
2
Shut down (see the following section) and restart the computer.
3
Turn on the computer.
4
When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
If you wait too long and the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
logo appears,
continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down
your computer through the Start menu and try again.
HINT: This procedure
changes the boot sequence
for one time only. On the
next start-up, the
computer boots according
to the devices specified in
the system setup program.
5
When the boot device list appears, highlight
USB Flash Device
and
press <Enter>.
The computer reboots to the connected USB device.
Turning Off the Computer
NOTICE: To avoid losing data, turn off your computer by performing a
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system shutdown, as described next, rather
than by pressing the power button.
HINT:
If you are having
difficulty turning off your
computer, see "General
Problems" on page 45.
1
Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, click the Start
button, and then click Turn Off Computer .
2
In the Turn off computer window, click Turn off .
The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes.
3
Turn off your monitor and any other devices connected to power.