Setting Up and Using Your Computer 27
To determine if your computer is using Hyper-Threading technology:
1 Click the Start button, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2 Click Hardware and click Device Manager.
3 In the Device Manager window, click the plus (+) sign next to the processor type. If
Hyper-Threading is enabled, the processor is listed twice.
You can enable or disable Hyper-Threading through the system setup program. For more
information on accessing the system setup program, see page 103. For more information on
Hyper-Threading, search the Knowledge Base on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
Booting to a USB Device
NOTE: To boot to a USB device, the device must be bootable. To ensure that your device is
bootable, check the device documentation.
To restart your computer to a USB device such as a floppy drive, memory key, or CD-RW
drive:
1 Connect the USB device to a USB connector (see page 73).
2 Shut down the computer through the Start menu (see page 28).
3 Turn on the computer. When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
If you wait too long and the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
logo appears, continue to wait
until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer through the Start
menu and try again.
NOTE: These steps change the boot sequence for one time only. On the next start-up, the
computer boots according to the devices specified in the system setup program.
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When the boot device list appears, highlight USB Flash Device and press <Enter>.
The computer reboots to the connected USB device.
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