If a PC boots first to the hard drive before checking the floppy disk for an OS how do you change this boot sequence so that it first looks on the floppy disk for the OS?

Answer 1

when you start the system, and as soon as the booting starts, keep pressing del key from the keyboard, then you will get the blue colored system setup, where you will find some caption for booting, there you can select floppy as the first boot device and then press F10 and y and come out of the system now at the next reboot the system will boot from the floppy.

Answer 2

You need to change the boot drive selection in the BIOS program (sometimes called the setup program). If you don't know how to access the BIOS, turn on your monitor first and then turn on the computer. The instructions will be displayed on the screen. If they go by too fast, press the pause/break key. Somewhere in the BIOS you will see a screen that allows you to select which drive the computer accesses first.

Answer 3

You need to change the boot drive selection in the BIOS program (sometimes called the setup program). If you don't know how to access the BIOS, turn on your monitor first and then turn on the computer. The instructions will be displayed on the screen. If they go by too fast, press the pause/break key. Somewhere in the BIOS you will see a screen that allows you to select which drive the computer accesses first.

(Copied from User:Ganderton)

Answer 4

Step 1: The first thing you have to do is restart your computer and enter the BIOS. You can enter the BIOS when you see a message such as "Press FX to enter setup" or something similar

Step 2: Now that you are in the BIOS, the tough part is finding the boot order section. Note that there are not a ton of options in a BIOS, so just go through every page if you have to until you see something like First Boot Device, Boot Order, Boot Management, Boot Sequence, etc.

It may also be under Advanced BIOS Features or Advanced Boot Options

The instructions for changing the boot order are in the sidebar, but usually it requires pressing the + or - buttons to move items up and down in the order list. The first item in the list is what will be scanned first when booting. If boot media is not found, it will try the second device and so on.

Finally, go to Exit and make sure you choose Yes to the Save configuration changes and exit now? question

Answer 5

You can change the boot sequence on your PC by using the CMOS setup unless another technician responsible for the system has password protected it.