User Guide

•Afteryouchangethestartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnottospecifyawrongdevice
duringacopy,save,orformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprogramsmightbe
erasedoroverwritten.
•IfyouareusingtheBitLockerdriveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.BitLocker
driveencryptiondetectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthecomputerfrombooting.
Changingthestartupsequence
Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:
1.SelectBootorNetworkBoot,thenpressEnter.Thedefaultbootlistisdisplayed,showingtheorderin
whichdeviceswillbestartedup.Evendevicesthatarenotattachedtoorinstalledonyourcomputer
arelisted.
•UsetheBootsubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenyouturnonthepower.
•UsetheNetworksubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenWakeonLANisenabled.
WakeonLANiscommonlyusedbyLANadministratorsincorporatenetworkstogetremoteaccess
toyourcomputer.
2.Setthestartupsequencebyusingthefollowingkeys:
•Usecursorkeystoselectadevice.
•UseF6orthecombinationofShiftand+tomovethedeviceuptoahigherpriority.
•UseF5or–tomovethedevicedowntoalowerpriority.
•UseShift+!toexcludeorincludeadevice.
3.PressF10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.
Tochangethestartupsequencetemporarilysothatthesystemstartsupfromadifferentdrive,dothe
following:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Turnonthecomputer,then,whiletheThinkPadlogoisdisplayedatthelower-leftofthescreen,
pressF12.
3.Selectthedeviceyouwanttostartrst.
Note:TheBootmenuwillbedisplayedwhenthesystemcannotbootfromanydeviceortheoperating
systemcannotbefound.
ThefollowingtableshowsthecontentsoftheStartupmenuitems.
Notes:
•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption.
•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
ThefollowingtableliststheStartupmenuitems.
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