It usually brings up the boot device menu. From there you can select what hardware you want to start your computer from, regardless of the boot order set in the F2 (or F1) menu. You can select installed hardware (Hard drives, Optical Drives, or Floppy Drives) or removable hardware (External Hard drives, flash drives, etc.).
If you need to boot from a CD on a Packard Bell system, you should use the F12 button. This will restart your computer from a disc.
at the boot screen ( the first screen you see upon turning the computer on) press F12 or F2 it should take you to the bios system go to security (privacy on some) and go to boot password there you can change it or disable it.
If the BIOS supports it, you can. You'll either have to go into BIOS and change the boot order or some computers will let you press F10 or F12 during boot up to display a boot menu that will let you choose from which disk you'd like to boot.
Reboot and press F12 (on my computer, at least) to enter the temporary boot sequence. Boot from the CD and then there you can make changes to the installation and then ultimately install the OS.
The F12 key on a computer keyboard can have many purposes. Most ways are program specific and does different things per program. The main purpose is a lot of computer's BIOS or CMOS use the F12 key to select boot options or enter the BIOS menus.
press f12 and choose character you want to boot...and click confirm
yes. but it depend on the computer. Some you to press F8 and on others F12
If you are asking how to boot a computer, all you do is turn it on. It boots up on it's own after the power is on.
To boot from a DVD in Ubuntu, first, insert the DVD into your optical drive. Restart your computer and access the BIOS/UEFI settings (usually by pressing a key like F2, F12, ESC, or DEL during startup). In the boot menu, set the DVD drive as the primary boot device. Save the changes and exit, and your computer should boot from the DVD.
If the computer is off the boot is called a cold boot or initial startup.If the computer is on the boot is called a warm boot or restart.
You don't. Unless you've got a live CD, then you can boot into that by pressing the delete button upon boot and change the boot device 1 to cd-rom. Or even easier, press F8/F12 depending on mother board and choose to boot from CD-rom.
By pressing certain keys (depending on the specific computer and BIOS program) during the boot process, ex: F12, F2, F8,