Changing the Boot Sequence of Your Computer
Created on: Aug 30, 2007 7:43 AM by mphenterprises - Last Modified: Aug 30, 2007 10:42 AM by mphenterprises
- Restart the computer
- Upon system restart, immediately hit one of the following keys:
**Tab
**F1
**F2
(This will get you into the BIOS Menu)
- Within the BIOS Section, look for "Boot Sequence" or "Boot Priority"
- Depending on your computer's configuration, you can select any of your available hard drive(s) or optical drive(s) as the first, second, and third boot options
- Hit F10 to save changes and restart computer
gearGE says:
in response to: Requiem
Acer® F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC
AST® CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
Compaq® 8700 F10
CompUSA® DEL
Cybermax® ESC
Dell® 400 F3
Dell 400 F1
Dell Dimension® F2 or DEL
Dell Inspiron® F2
Dell Latitude Fn+F1 (while booted)
Dell Latitude F2 (on boot)
Dell Optiplex DEL
Dell Optiplex F2
Dell Precision F2
eMachine DEL
Gateway® 2000 1440 F1
Gateway 2000 Solo F2
HP® (Hewlett-Packard) F1, F2
IBM® F1
IBM E-pro Laptop F2
IBM PS/2® CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL
IBM Thinkpad® (newer) Windows: Programs-Thinkpad CFG.
Intel® Tangent DEL
Micron F1, F2, or DEL
Packard Bell® F1, F2, Del
Sony® VIAO F2
Sony VIAO F3
Tiger DEL
Toshiba® 335 CDS ESC
Toshiba Protege ESC
Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS F1
Toshiba Tecra F1 or ESC
mphenterprises says:
in response to: gearGE
Hi Gear. Thank you for that additional information.
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For most Dell computers you can just hit F2 at startup.