Dell Inspiron 7500, System Reference Manual

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See Figure 5 and Table 5 for an explanation of the options and settings for the Boot menu. To select the boot device, press the up- or down-arrow
key; then press to move the device up the list ,or press to move the device down the list.
Figure 5. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Boot Menu
Table 5. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Boot Menu
Exit Menu
To exit the Setup program from the Exit menu, press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight a menu option, and then press <Enter>. See Figure 6
and Table 6 for an explanation of the options and setting for the Exit menu.
Figure 6. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Exit Menu
Table 6. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Exit Menu
Option Function
Floppy/Super Disk The computer attempts to boot first from a bootable diskette or SuperDisk. If it does not detect one of these
removable media disks, the computer tries to boot from the hard-disk drive. If a disk is in its drive, but the
disk does not have the required boot files, an error message appears.
Internal Hard Drive The computer boots only from the hard-disk drive. If it fails to boot from the hard-disk drive, the computer
does not attempt to boot from the diskette drive.
CD-ROM/DVD Causes the computer to attempt to boot first from a bootable CD. If it does not detect a bootable CD in the
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, the computer tries to boot from the hard-disk drive. If a CD is in the CD-ROM
or DVD-ROM drive, but the CD does not have the required boot files, an error message appears.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the system Help.
Option Function
Exit Saving Changes Saves any changes you have made and exits the Setup program
Exit Discarding Changes Discards any changes you have made and exits the Setup program.
Load Setup Defaults Discards any changes you have made and reverts all options to their original default settings, but does not
exit the Setup program.