HP Deskpro ap230 Desktop Management Guide - Deskpro Workstation AP230 - Page 20

Before You Partition or Format the Current Bootable Disk, Save Changes and Exit.

Get HP Deskpro ap230 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Deskpro ap230 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 20 highlights

Before You Partition or Format the Current Bootable Disk Ensure that MBR Security is disabled before you change partitioning or formatting of the current bootable disk. Some disk utilities, such as FDISK and FORMAT, attempt to update the MBR. If MBR Security is enabled when you change partitioning or formatting of the disk, you may receive error messages from the disk utility or a warning from MBR Security the next time the computer is turned on or restarted. To disable MBR Security, complete the following steps: 1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start à Shut Down à Restart the Computer. 2. When the F10 Setup message appears in the lower-right corner of the screen, press the F10 key. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. If you do not press the F10 key while the message is displayed, you must restart the computer to access the utility. 3. Select Security à Master Boot Record Security à Disabled. 4. Before exiting, click File à Save Changes and Exit. 16 Desktop Management Guide

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
16
Desktop Management Guide
Compaq Confidential - Need to Know Required
Before You Partition or Format the Current Bootable Disk
Ensure that MBR Security is disabled before you change partitioning or
formatting of the current bootable disk. Some disk utilities, such as
FDISK and FORMAT, attempt to update the MBR. If MBR Security is
enabled when you change partitioning or formatting of the disk, you
may receive error messages from the disk utility or a warning from
MBR Security the next time the computer is turned on or restarted.
To
disable MBR Security, complete the following steps:
1.
Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start
à
Shut Down
à
Restart the Computer.
2.
When the F10 Setup message appears in the lower-right corner of
the screen, press the F10 key. Press Enter to bypass the title screen,
if necessary.
If you do not press the F10 key while the message is
displayed, you must restart the computer to access the
utility.
3.
Select Security
à
Master Boot Record Security
à
Disabled.
4.
Before exiting, click File
à
Save Changes and Exit.