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Question posted by pampanther1 on January 2nd, 2012

Lenovo Wants To Boot From Flash Drive.

How to change bios so H420 does not try to boot from flash drive when it is in computer on reboot

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on January 2nd, 2012 6:11 PM
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When your computer 1st starts to boot deprees delete or f5 key to go to boot menu. Scroll until your find your boot devices priorty list. Change the priorty you wish to boot 1st, 2nd etc.

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