boot menu

[possum]

after pressing escape it doesn't stay on the screen long enough to set anything. is it just an indicator?

 

I think I disabled all the boot options. suppose I wanted to do a repair on the operating system. do I have to reenable boot from cd to get it to operate?

[Mr. Jules]

In order to get into the bios you need to press the "delete" key, not the "esc" key. That should get you going in the right direction.

[possum]

thank you. I know that. what is the boot menu for? Is it just a quick reference so you know the order without entering the bios?

And what about the other question?

[Mr. Jules]

I think what you are referring to as the "boot menu", the screen the comes up as kind of a diagnostic of what's in your system and such, is actually the "post" screen. The purpose is just to indicate what the mobo is detecting.

 

If you are looking to repair the os then you are going to have to go into the bios, by hitting delete during the "post" screen, then change your boot order so that the cd rom drive is the first thing the mobo tries to boot from, it will find your os cd and take you through the repair process. Hope that answers your question but if not just keep asking.

[marker]

I can get into the boot choice menu no problem by tapping the esc key on the post screen, used to use it all the time when I had MAC OS X on my PC...