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Question posted by alloera on December 7th, 2013

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Review Which Key Enter Setup

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Answer #1: Posted by DellJesse1 on December 9th, 2013 7:04 AM

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System Setup

The Inspiron™ Mini 10 BIOS allows you to do the following:

Access System Setup by pressing the F2 key on the keyboard
Access One Time Boot Menu or Dell 32Bit Diagnostics by pressing the F12 key on the keyboard during the Boot screen.

Entering System Setup

Press the F2 key to enter System Setup and make changes to the user-definable settings. If someone is having trouble entering Setup using this key, advise her or him to press the F2 key when they see the Dell Bios screen at Boot otherwise press the F12 key at Dell Bios screen to access the one time boot menu.

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