Boot Menu - Selecting The Operating System Source - Fujitsu 420D User Manual

Boot Menu – Selecting the
Operating System Source:
The Boot Menu allows you to designate the
order in which your notebook searches for an
operating system when it boots up and to select
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Figure 3-9 Boot Menu
which parameters will be displayed during boot
as well as whether to do automatic checks for
the presence of a floppy disk drive.
The Boot Menu fields are:
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Boot Sequence:
The Boot Sequence possible sources are the
internal hard drive, external floppy disk
drive,and whatever kind of drive is in the
Multi-function Bay. The default order is CD-
ROM, floppy disk drive,and then hard drive.
This is the order in which the BIOS will
search for an operating system unless you
change the numbers by using the cursor keys
to select item and then press the + or – key to
change the order.
Summary Screen:
The Summary Screen Field allows you to
enable and disable the display of a screen
containing a summary of the configuration
of the system. When enabled this screen
appears after the completion of Power On
Self Test (POST) and before the operating
system is loaded. The default is Enabled.
SETUP prompt:
The SETUP prompt field allows you to
enable the display of a prompt to press the
key to activate the BIOS Setup Utility.
The key always works whether the prompt is
displayed or not.
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