[pchelpers] Re: Question about boot disk

Not all computers go into the BIOS by hitting the del button. The 
initial screen what key to hit (at least I hope it does for you) but 
mine says to hit F2. Just a thought.

Billyus Eximius wrote:

>as your pc boots up, keep hitting the delete button. this will get you into
>the bios setting.  look for the heading BOOT and using your up/down arrows
>and sideways arrows, move the hi-lited bit over BOOT. hit enter and then
>look for the heading 1st boot device then hi-lite and you will be told how
>to move the deice up or down they desired Boot sequence. then after you make
>the changes, hit F10 to save and exit.
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>If you're running XP, then it's best to make your CD drive 1st boot, the
>your A drive second (my personal preference) the C drive to boot third
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>Billy
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>>I do not understand anything about BIOS. How do I set it to boot in A?
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>>On Behalf Of John Durham
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>>I think your system BIOS is set to boot first off C: rather than A:
>>drive. You would need to alter the order of boot devices in the BIOS (CMOS
>>settings) to have A: first for your test to work.
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