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Does anybody know how to change the boot order on a Presario 5600?



 
 
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Old August 26th 04, 04:56 PM
Patrick
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Default Does anybody know how to change the boot order on a Presario 5600?

Greetings,

I've been with Compaq/HP online chat for almost an hour.. with no
success. I have a compaq presario 5660. I have the latest bios (1999
ver). I get into the Bios by clicking F10.

I cannot find anywhere in the Bios how to change the boot sequence. I
don't want it to boot to floppy, I want it to boot to the CDROM.

Thanks!

Pat
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Old August 26th 04, 09:33 PM
DEJ57
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Well, sorry to say, if its not where you looked, its not there. Its not all
that unusual for Compaq Presarios, particularly older ones, not to offer boot
options. I think the explanation was that Compaq felt users did more to screw
up their PCs if they had Setups that offered detailed options like some other
manufacturers.....

Dale
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Old August 27th 04, 10:32 AM
HH
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I just checked the QuickRestore matrix for trhe 5660. The QR kit does not
come with a boot floppy, which means QR disc 1 is bootable, which means if
you have a bootable CD in the drive it will boot from it.
HH

"Patrick" wrote in message
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Greetings,

I've been with Compaq/HP online chat for almost an hour.. with no
success. I have a compaq presario 5660. I have the latest bios (1999
ver). I get into the Bios by clicking F10.

I cannot find anywhere in the Bios how to change the boot sequence. I
don't want it to boot to floppy, I want it to boot to the CDROM.

Thanks!

Pat




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Old August 27th 04, 11:22 PM
Tom Scales
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The 5660 should be bootable. My 5600 was. Make sure you're looking at all
the pages.

Tom
"Patrick" wrote in message
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Greetings,

I've been with Compaq/HP online chat for almost an hour.. with no
success. I have a compaq presario 5660. I have the latest bios (1999
ver). I get into the Bios by clicking F10.

I cannot find anywhere in the Bios how to change the boot sequence. I
don't want it to boot to floppy, I want it to boot to the CDROM.

Thanks!

Pat



 




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