JCMA90 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hi, When I enter the BIOS on my camputer do I need to disable the first 2 options for my computer to start up with the DVD drive, or is there a way to put the DVD drive in option number 1? Please help me. Thanks, JCAM90 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 You need to go into the BIOS and switch the DVD drive to the 1st priority for when you boot up and make the hard drive 2nd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCMA90 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 You need to go into the BIOS and switch the DVD drive to the 1st priority for when you boot up and make the hard drive 2nd. yeah, I know but how can I change it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 This really differs from pc to pc or should I say bios to bios. In some its easier to do it than others. There might be an order or a boot device part in your bios. Try to find something like that and see if you can either move up and down drives (as I had to do) or change numbers next to them (1,2,..) to order them. I once messed up my order and selected a “restore configuration” in my bios and it corrected the DVD drive to be first boot device. Maybe try that. F8 normally allows you to boot from a cd. That might be enough. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apolloae Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I just spent about 10 minutes fiddling with that. With my BIOS, I had to go into the Setup Utility and disable the other CD drive, then restart your computer and try booting from CD again, and that will work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Not sure why you needed to disable a CD drive. Because won't you want to enable it again later to use it. If this is a one off then use F8. As I used to do when I had problems with my boot order. Otherwise change the order completely in bios. Basically have a look around in your bios for something which seems to make sense. Best of luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apolloae Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Not sure why you needed to disable a CD drive. Because won't you want to enable it again later to use it. If this is a one off then use F8. As I used to do when I had problems with my boot order. Otherwise change the order completely in bios. Basically have a look around in your bios for something which seems to make sense. Best of luck Need to disable one if you have two CD drives, because if you go to the boot menu and choose to boot off of a CD (It groups both CD drives under one boot option) it will only try to boot off of the first drive. By disabling one drive, you can still go into your boot menu and choose to boot off a CD, except now, it boots off of the second drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I see. Interesting. I don't have 2 Cd/DVD drives because i need to use one of the spaces for my IDE hard drive. My pc normally uses SATA HD. Cool Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13246-dvd-drive-as-default-start-up-device/#findComment-84879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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