HW Setup and Passwords
Portégé A100
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Portégé A100
Version
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To change the boot drive, follow the steps below.
1. Hold down
F12
and boot the computer.
2. The following menu will be displayed with the following icons:
Built-in HDD,
CD-ROM, FDD, Network (LAN), PC (ATA) card boot.
A bar will appear only under the selected device.
3. Use the left/right cursor keys to highlight the boot device you want
and press
Enter
.
1. If a supervisor password is set, the menu above does not appear when
you use the user password to start the computer.
2. In this computer, CD-ROM refers to the Fixed optical media drive.
3. The selection method above does not change the boot priority
settings in HW Setup.
4. If you press a key other than one of those above or if the selected
device is not installed, the system will boot according to the current
setting in HW Setup.
HDD Priority Options
If more than one HDD is installed in the computer, this option lets you set
the priority for HDD detection. If the first detected HDD has a boot
command, the system will boot from the HDD.
Built-in HDD
−>
PC Card
(Default)
HDDs are searched for a boot command in the
following order: the built-in HDD, and the PC
card. (Default)
PC Card
−>
Built-in HDD
HDDs are searched for a boot command in the
following order: the built-in HDD and the PC
card.
If a boot command is not found on the first detected HDD, the system will
not boot from the other HDD. It will search the next device in the boot
priority for a boot command.