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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: D. Chapman who wrote (11509)	11/17/2000 6:45:17 PM
From: Moving Sphere	Respond to of 14778

>>"I think he was trying to change the boot options from diskette first to CD ROM."<< If that is all there is, all your friend has to do is to make sure the diskette boot is part of the boot sequence. This should also mean that you should have no problem accessing the CMOS menu by hitting the "del" key (or other key like "F1" depending on your motherboard) right in the very beginning when the computer turn on and before it starts searching for your computer peripherals. The CMOS option allow you to decide where the computer should boot first. As long as the diskette boot is part of the boot sequence, the computer should be able to boot from the disketter after it failed to boot from the CD-ROM or even a failed harddisk. Additional info (FWIW): As I mentioned before, I use this boot sequence feature to change my computer from a Windows 2000 to a Windows 98SE by simply altering the boot sequence of the primary and secondary IDE controller. Currently, my Windows 2000 system resides on a harddisk hooked up to the primary IDE controller (IDE-0). So, everytimes I turn on the computer, it boots straight to my Windows 2000. I create a bootable Windows 98SE system on my second harddisk and hooked it up to the secondary IDE master. So, whenever there is a need for me to access Windows 98SE, I just change the boot sequence in the CMOS to boot from the secondary IDE controller (IDE-1) first. A little cumbersome but worth the hassle because, in return, I don't have to go thru the dual boot selection screen everytimes I turn the computer on. hope it helps...