Compaq Armada 7700 Armada 7700 Family of Personal Computers Reference Guide - Page 86

Using Boot Management Changing the Boot Sequence The factory-default boot sequence is the first bootable CD-ROM, the first bootable diskette, then the first bootable hard drive. A bootable drive contains files needed by the computer to start and operate properly. The bootable drive can be in the computer, or, when the computer is docked, in an optional ArmadaStation or Armada MiniStation EX. Boot Management in Computer Setup provides a way to change the default boot order. To view or change Boot Management settings, turn on or restart the computer and press F10 when the cursor appears upper right on the screen. Select Computer Setup ÆSystem FeaturesÆBoot Management, then the Properties or MultiBoot tab. On the Properties tab, you can disable the diskette boot ability. On the MultiBoot tab, you can enable MultiBoot and specify by bay the sequence you want the computer to follow when searching for a bootable drive. When MultiBoot is enabled, the default boot order by bay is: First Computer MultiBay Second Computer hard drive bay Third Left bay in ArmadaStation or Armada MiniStation EX Fourth Right bay in ArmadaStation To change the MultiBoot sequence, select a bay, move it up or down the list, and click OK. When the computer restarts and searches for a bootable drive, it considers only the first drive of each type. For example, in the default MultiBoot sequence, the computer will not start from a bootable hard drive in an ArmadaStation if a non-bootable hard drive is in the computer MultiBay. IMPORTANT: Be aware that if you change the boot order, you also change the logical drive designations. For example, if you boot from a hard drive in the ArmadaStation, it becomes drive C, and the computer hard drive becomes drive D (and E if partitioned). Similarly, if you boot from a diskette drive in an Armada MiniStation EX, it becomes drive A, and the computer diskette drive becomes drive B. 6-14 Working with Removable Drives