Owner manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome
- Getting to know your computer
- Networking
- Keyboard and pointing devices
- Multimedia
- Power management
- Shutting down the computer
- Setting power options
- Using battery power
- Using external AC power
- Drives
- External cards and devices
- Memory modules
- Security
- Backup and Recovery
- Computer Setup (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics
- MultiBoot
- Troubleshooting and support
- Troubleshooting
- The computer is unable to start up
- The computer screen is blank
- Software is functioning abnormally
- The computer is on but not responding
- The computer is unusually warm
- An external device is not working
- The wireless network connection is not working
- The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD or DVD
- The computer does not detect the optical drive
- A disc does not play
- A movie is not visible on an external display
- The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion
- Contacting customer support
- Labels
- Troubleshooting
- Cleaning your computer
- Specifications
- Electrostatic discharge
- Index
Considering boot order changes
Before changing the boot order, note the following considerations:
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When the computer restarts after the boot order has been changed, the computer attempts to
start using the new boot order.
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If there is more than one type of boot device, the computer attempts to boot using the first device
of each type of boot device (except for optical devices). For example, if the computer is
connected to an optional docking device (select models only) that contains a hard drive, this
hard drive will be shown in the boot order as a USB hard drive. If the system attempts to boot
from this USB hard drive and fails, it will not attempt to boot to the hard drive in the hard drive
bay. Instead, it will try to boot to the next type of device in the boot order. However, if there are
two optical devices, and the first optical device does not boot (either because it does not contain
media or the media is not a boot disc), the system will try to boot to the second optical device.
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Changing the boot order also changes the logical drive designations. For example, if you start up
from a CD-ROM drive with a disc formatted as drive C, that CD-ROM drive becomes drive C and
the hard drive in the hard drive bay becomes drive D.
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The computer will boot from a NIC device only if the device has been enabled in the Built-In
Device Options menu of Computer Setup and if booting from the device has been enabled in the
Boot Options menu of Computer Setup. Booting from a NIC does not affect logical drive
designations because no drive letter is associated with the NIC.
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Drives in an optional docking device (select models only) are treated like external USB devices
in the boot order.
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