HP Tc4200 Hardware-Software Guide - Page 251

MultiBoot The primary hard drive can only boot as drive C. The NIC does not have a drive letter assigned to it. ✎ An optical drive device (such as a CD-ROM drive) can boot either as drive A or drive C, depending on the format of the CD. Most bootable CDs boot as drive A. If you have a CD that boots as the C drive, the system will boot the diskette drive before it boots the CD. By default, the tablet PC selects the startup device by searching enabled devices and locations in a predetermined sequence. You can change the sequence in which the tablet PC searches for a startup device by enabling MultiBoot and entering a new startup sequence, also called a boot order. Or, you can use MultiBoot Express to set the tablet PC to prompt you for a startup location each time the tablet PC is started or restarted. The list below describes the default sequence in which drive numbers are assigned. (The actual startup sequence varies by configuration.) ■ Default sequence for devices that boot as drive A: a. Optical drive in an optional docking device MultiBay or in an external MultiBay that contains a disc that boots as drive A. b. Diskette drive in an optional docking device or in an external MultiBay. ■ Default sequence for devices that boot as drive C: a. An optical drive in an optional docking device MultiBay or in an external MultiBay that contains a disc that boots as drive C. b. Hard drive in the tablet PC primary hard drive bay. c. Hard drive in an optional docking device MultiBay or in an external MultiBay. ✎ Since no drive letter is associated with the NIC, changing the boot order of a NIC does not affect drive letters of the other devices. Hardware and Software Guide B-2