ThinkPad X230 - Startup Menu

Startupmenu
Tochangethecomputerstartupsettings,,selectStartupfromtheThinkPadSetupmainmenu.
Attention:
•Afteryouchangeyourstartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnottospecifyawrongdevice
duringacopy,asave,oraformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprograms
mightbeerasedoroverwritten.
•IfyouareusingtheBitLockerdriveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.BitLocker
driveencryptiondetectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthecomputerfrombooting.
Changingthestartupsequence
Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:
1.SelectBootorNetwork,thenpressEnter.Thedefaultbootlistisdisplayed,showingtheorderinwhich
deviceswillbestartedup.Evendevicesthatarenotattachedtoorinstalledonyourcomputerarelisted.
•UsetheBootsubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenyouturnonthepower.
•UsetheNetworksubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenWakeonLANisenabled.
WakeonLANiscommonlyusedbyLANadministratorsincorporatenetworkstogetremoteaccess
toyourcomputer.
2.Setthestartupsequencebyusingthefollowingkeys:
•Usecursorkeystoselectadevice.
•UseF6orthecombinationofShiftand+tomovethedeviceuptoahigherpriority.
•UseF5or–tomovethedevicedowntoalowerpriority.
•UsethecombinationofShiftand!toexcludeorincludeadevice.
3.PressF10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.
Tochangethestartupsequencetemporarilysothatthesystemstartsupfromadifferentdrive,dothe
following:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Turnonthecomputer;then,whiletheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,pressF12.
3.Selectthedeviceyouwanttostartrst.
Note:TheBootmenuwillbedisplayedwhenthesystemcannotbootfromanydevicesortheoperating
systemcannotbefound.
ThefollowingtableliststheStartupmenuitems.
Notes:
•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
•Oneachsubmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption.
•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
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