Wednesday, February 5, 2014

How to boot the computer from CD, DVD or USB stick / pendrive

Boot (startup) CD or USB stick (pendrive) is, let's face it, a rather complicated process for those people who do this for the first time in life. For them I wrote this tutorial in which I explain as simply as possible, how to boot the computer from CD, DVD or USB stick .

Configuring the BIOS


When you turn on your computer before loading the operating system, we observe display a message indicates the key to be pressed to modify BIOS settings. Typically, this key is eitherF2 or Del but may vary depending on the manufacturer and model of the computer.However, the message needs to be similar to that in the example below:


Also, if it appears to be pressed key and selecting another boot environment, eg F12, you can click, then select from the list USB stick or DVD-ROM drive.

If this option is not displayed, go to the system BIOS and using keyboard navigation keys (arrows), branch or look BIOS Boot option:
boot from CD or DVD
For example, if the BIOS is configured as can be seen in the above image, the computer will automatically turn on the disc inserted into the CD / DVD-ROM.
If, for example, wish to boot from another medium than the one available in the first place, according to the guidelines in the left panel of the monitor, select the desired option and ask first.
In this case, to advance Removable Devices option after I selected using the navigation arrows will need to change the position in the list by pressing +:
boot from the external environment
Once the desired device was placed first in the list, save position, you have pressed the F10key and saved BIOS configuration changes:
Saves changes and exit
The computer will restart and if the bootable CD was connected to it, I will consider and will start on it. That simple!
More than likely, the BIOS will look different in your case from what you saw in the pictures above. It's normal! It is important to understand the principle of what you are looking done here. If you can, wait to ask me your questions via the comments.

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