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From: id8rld06@serss0.fiu.edu (Michael N Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Change the order of boot selection
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Date: 31 Mar 91 17:07:45 GMT
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>>I want to change the order the system looks for the valid system disk
>>from A:, B:, C:... to C:, A:, B:...  so that either the hard drive is
>>check first, or that the disk drives are not checked. I would prefer to
>>just change the order, not knock out the diskette drives.

The order in which the system checks for a boot disk is A: then C:. B:
is never checked as a boot drive (execpt on one card I remember reading
about). Neither is D:, E:, etc. checked. The only bootable drives are A:
and C:. At startup, the computer verifies that drive B: is present, but
it never tries to boot from it.
    The only way to have the computer try booting from drive C: first
is to have no A: drive in the machine (ie. disconnect the drive cable
or disable the drive in setup). But you said you would rather not
sacrifice a floppy. However, if you simply tell setup that there is no
drive A: you can always easily reenable it when you need it (just a
suggestion for machines with setup in ROM).
    Unfortunately there is no way to change the order in which the
computer checks its boot drives.

Good Luck,
Mike
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