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 DELL

How to set BIOS to Boot from CDROM:

On some Dell Systems you can enter bios by pressing F2

F2  = Setup
F12 = Boot Menu

w w w . d e l l . c o m

Dimension 8100

BIOS Revision XP2

Now choose Boot Sequence and then arrance 1 to CD-Rom by pressing - + and press space to enable it
Press ESC and choose save settings and exit

Dell - Dimension 8100
Intel Pentium 4 Processor: 1.30 Ghz
LEVEL 2 Cache: 256 KB Integrated

System Time ...................
System Date ...................

Primary Drive 0 ...............
Primary Drive 1 ...............
Secondary Drive 0 .............
Secondary Drive 1 .............

Boot Sequence .................

* 1. IDE CD-ROM Device

* 2. Hard-Disk Drive C:

SPACE to enable/disable | +,- to move down/up

System Memory .................
AGP Aperture ..................
CPU Information ...............

Up/Down to Select | SPACE +,- to Change | ESC to Exit

On some Dell Systems you can enter bios by pressing F2

 Boot Device Menu
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    1. Normal
    2. Diskette Drive
    3. Hard-Disk Drive C:
    4. IDE CD-ROM Device

 Enter a choice: 1

Sometimes you can press F12 to temporary boot from cd on some Dell Systems

PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Copyright 1985-1999 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
All Rights Reserved
Copyright 1996-1999 Intel Corporation.
4S4EB2X0.05A.0009.P08

Micron Electronics, Inc.

Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor 450 Mhz
640K System RAM Passed
255M Extended RAM Passed
512K Cache SRAM Passed







 Press F2 to Enter Setup

Press F2 to enter bios setup

ROM PCI/ISO BIOS (P2B-DS)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY, AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP AND PCI SETUP

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc : Quit               Shift(F2) : Change Color
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Boot Sequence, Boot Virus Protection, CPU Speed...

and set Boot Sequence to A,CDROM,C and Press Esc and then F10 to save it.

ROM PCI/ISO BIOS (P2B-DS)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY, AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

CPU Internal Core Speed
Boot Virus Detection
Processor Serial Number
CPU Level 1 Cache
CPU Level 2 Cache
CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check
BIOS Update
Quick Power On Self Test
HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First
Boot Sequence
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Floppy Disk Access Control
IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors
HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability
PS/2 Mouse Function Control
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M
MPS 1.4 Support

650Mhz
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
IDE
A,CDROM,C
Disabled]
R/W
HDD MAX
Disabled
Auto
Disabled
Disabled

Item Help:


Select Your Boot
Sequence

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Some Computer has Option to temporary boot from Cd/Hdd/Floppy/Usb Device, Just keep tapping the F8 button to get Boot Menu and Now choose your manufacture of CDRom.

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