User's Manual

IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattendedboot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthecomputer
isturnedon,fromeitherapower-offstateorhibernation,byanunattendedeventsuchasWakeonLAN
®
.If
youselectDisabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesaheadandloadstheoperating
system.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesaheadandloadsthe
operatingsystem.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
Startupmenu
Youmayneedtochangethestartupsequenceofyourcomputer.Forexample,ifyouhavedifferentoperating
systemsondifferentdevices,youcanhavethesystemstartupfromeitherofthem.
Attention:Afteryouchangeyourstartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnottospecifyawrong
deviceduringacopy,asave,oraformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprograms
mightbeerasedoroverwritten.
Attention:IfyouareusingtheBitLockerdriveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.
BitLockerdriveencryptiondetectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthecomputerfrombooting.
Changingthestartupsequence
SelectingtheStartuptodisplaytheBootsubmenu.
Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:
1.SelectBoot;thenpressEnter.
YoucanusetheBootsubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenyouturnonthe
power.Referto“Bootsubmenu”onpage186
.
YoucanusetheNetworkBoottospecifythetopprioritybootdevicethatrunswhenWakeon
LANiscommonlyusedbyLANadministratorsincorporatenetworkstogetremoteaccesstoyour
computer.Referto“NetworkBoot”onpage187
.
2.Selectthedeviceyouwanttostartrst.
UsethesekeystosettheorderthattheUEFIBIOSwillusewhenstartinganoperatingsystem:
+or-keymovesthedeviceupordown.
3.PressF10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.
Tochangethestartupsequencetemporarilysothatthesystemstartsupfromadifferentdrive,dothe
following:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Turnonthecomputer;then,whilethe“Tointerruptnormalstartup,presstheblueThinkVantagebutton”
messageisdisplayedatthelower-leftofthescreen,pressF12.
3.SelectthedeviceyouwanttostartrstfromtheBootmenu.
Note:TheBootmenuisalsoshownwhenthesystemcannotbootfromanydevicesoroperating
systemwasnotfound.
Bootsubmenu
Thefollowinglist,showingtheorderinwhichdeviceswillbestartedup,isalwaysdisplayed.Evendevices
thatarenotattachedtoorinstalledonyourcomputerarelisted.Foreachdevicethatisattachedtoor
installedonthecomputer,informationaboutitispresentedafterthecolon.
1.USBCD:
186UserGuide