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www.dell.com | 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 46). 2 Shut down the computer through the Start menu (see page 18). 3 Turn on the computer. When the DELL™ logo appears, press 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. 4 When the boot device list appears, highlight USB Flash Device and press . The computer reboots to the connected USB device. Turning Off Your Computer NOTICE: To avoid losing data, turn off your computer by performing a Microsoft® Windows® operating system shutdown, as described in this section, rather than by pressing the power button. 1 Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, click the Start button, and then click Turn Off Computer. 2 In the Turn off computer window, click Turn off. The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes. 18 Setting Up and Using Your Computer

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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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 46).
2
Shut down the computer through the
Start
menu (see page 18).
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.
4
When the boot device list appears, highlight
USB Flash Device
and press <Enter>.
The computer reboots to the connected USB device.
Turning Off Your Computer
NOTICE:
To avoid losing data, turn off your computer by performing a Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating
system shutdown, as described in this section, rather than by pressing the power button.
1
Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, click the
Start
button, and then click
Turn Off Computer
.
2
In the
Turn off computer
window, click
Turn off
.
The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes.