5–10 Hardware Guide
Drives
Planning Changes to the Startup Sequence
Before changing the startup sequence, consider the following:
■ When the computer restarts after your changes and searches
for a startup drive, it will consider only the first drive of each
type. For example, in the default boot order, the computer
will not start from a bootable diskette in a docking base if a
non-bootable diskette is in a system MultiBay.
■ Changing the boot order also changes the logical drive
designations. For example, if you start up from a hard drive in
the system MultiBay, that hard drive becomes drive C, and a
hard drive in the hard drive compartment becomes drive D. If
you start up from a diskette drive in an external diskette drive,
that diskette drive becomes drive A. Starting up from a NIC
does not affect logical drive designations.
■ When an external diskette drive is connected to the computer,
the computer searches for a bootable diskette in the external
diskette drive after searching for a bootable diskette in a USB
diskette drive and before searching for a bootable diskette in
any other diskette drive.
Selecting a MultiBoot Utility
You can enable MultiBoot and change the sequence of the startup
media and devices that the computer searches during startup by
using Computer Setup or Compaq Computer Security.
■ Computer Setup can be used even when your operating
system is not working or will not load.
■ Computer Setup includes Express Boot, which can enable
you to choose a startup location each time you start the
computer.
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