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Question posted by treefella88 on February 22nd, 2013

Set Boot Sequence

When the DVD drive is allocated no 1 position, the HDD cannot be allocated. If the HDD is allocated no1 then the DVD drive is allocated no2. How can that be fixed?

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on March 14th, 2013 3:21 AM

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Hello treefella88,

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A Boot Sequence can always be positioned one after the other in the BIOS settings.
When you prioritize CD/DVD drive to number 1 position the HDD becomes secondary as a default, you do not need to change the settings.
If you want the HDD to be the 1st, then the CD drive gets the second position as there is a probability for you to boot to Windows CD/DVD if there are any positions.
This settings are as per design and cannot be changed.

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