Compaq Armada E700 Compaq Armada E700 Series Reference Guide - Page 64

the computer Dual MultiBay is MultiBay-1; the Boot Order, Save Changes and Exit, then

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4. Toggle the Boot Order fields to the boot sequence you prefer. NOTE: The Boot Order field for the computer top MultiBay or the computer Dual MultiBay is MultiBay-1; the Boot Order field for the computer bottom MultiBay is MultiBay-2. 5. To save your preferences and exit Boot Options, press F10. 6. To confirm saving your changes, close Computer Setup, and restart the computer, select FileÆSave Changes and Exit, then press F10. When the computer restarts and searches for a startup drive, it considers only the first drive of each type. For example, in the default boot order, the computer will not start from a bootable diskette drive diskette in an expansion base if a non-bootable diskette drive diskette is in the computer bottom MultiBay. IMPORTANT: Changing the boot order also changes the logical drive designations. For example, if you start up from a hard drive in the computer top MultiBay, it becomes drive C and a hard drive in the hard drive bay becomes drive D. Starting up from a network board does not affect logical drive designations. Using Drives 6-11

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Using Drives
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4. Toggle the Boot Order fields to the boot sequence you prefer.
NOTE:
The Boot Order field for the computer top MultiBay or
the computer Dual MultiBay is MultiBay-1; the Boot Order
field for the computer bottom MultiBay is MultiBay-2.
5. To save your preferences and exit Boot Options, press
F10.
6. To confirm saving your changes, close Computer Setup, and
restart the computer, select File
˘
Save Changes and Exit, then
press
F10.
When the computer restarts and searches for a startup drive, it
considers only the first drive of each type. For example, in the
default boot order, the computer will not start from a bootable
diskette drive diskette in an expansion base if a non-bootable
diskette drive diskette is in the computer bottom MultiBay.
IMPORTANT:
Changing the boot order also changes the logical drive
designations. For example, if you start up from a hard drive in the
computer top MultiBay, it becomes drive C and a hard drive in the
hard drive bay becomes drive D. Starting up from a network board
does not affect logical drive designations.