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BIOS utility
The BIOS utility is a hardware configuration program built into your
computer’s BIOS.
Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not
need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you
may need to run it.
To activate the BIOS utility, press <F2> during the POST; while the computer
logo and pre-boot keyboard are displayed.
Boot sequence
To set the boot sequence in the BIOS utility, activate the BIOS utility, then select
Boot from the categories listed at the top of the screen.
Enable disk-to-disk recovery
To enable disk-to-disk recovery (hard disk recovery), activate the BIOS utility,
then select Main from the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find D2D
Recovery at the bottom of the screen and use the <F5> and <F6> keys to set this
value to Enabled.
Password
To set a password on boot, activate the BIOS utility, then select Security from
the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find Password on boot: and use
the <F5> and <F6> keys to enable this feature.
Playing DVD movies
If you wish to view DVDs on your computer, you will need to purchase an
external DVD player. Please see your retailer for information on external optical
disc drives that are compatible with your system.
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Eject the DVD disk.
Important! When you launch the DVD player for the first time, the
program asks you to enter the region code. DVDs are coded for
one of six regions.
Once your DVD drive is set to a region code, it will play DVDs for
that region only. You can set the region code a maximum of five
times (including the first time), after which the last region code