Recommended boot sequence???

[fretman]

I have the following on my system.

1. 3.5" floppy
2. Hard drive
3. DVD-Rom
4. DVD-R/W
5. Vista Ultimate

What would be the recommended boot sequence. Thanks.

 

[leadbottom]

2-3-4-1

 

[Chaos-Energy]

First DVD then HDD. Maybe the floppy before the DVD if you use it to boot from floppy.

 

[fretman]

Hmmm....this is what I have now.

1. Floppy
2. DVD-rom
3. DVD-RW
4. HD

I'm afraid if I put the HD first and it crashes out then I won't be able to get to the other drives.

 

[aziraphale]

It really doesn't matter. Put first what you usually boot from and remove the rest alltogether. If you need to boot from another source hit the boot menu key (F8). Well I hope your BIOS supports that...

 

[fretman]

Usually I don't have anything in any of my drives when I start the computer. So in this case should I put HD first?

 

[systemlord]

Usually I don't have anything in any of my drives when I start the computer. So in this case should I put HD first?

Yes, I have mine 1st HDD, 2nd DVD-R, and then floppy.

 

[jedi940]

I would put the hard disk first as well. Otherwise, your computer will waste time lookint at the other devices for a bootable disk first which will take longer. Even more time if there are disks in the drive.

 

[barneybadass]

I only allow the pc to boot from the HDD.. never let it boot from anything else.. also have a password to get into Bios

 

[fretman]

Thanks for the suggestions. To those who say boot from the HDD, what happens if the OS crashes upon boot-up?

 

[pavel-]

go back into bios and change the boot sequence appropriately when you cant boot from the hdd.

 

[double_helix]

I have mine listed as HD first, then disabled the rest. This results in my PC not wasting time looking for bootable devices and a faster boot up to windows. If I have something bootable, all I need is to press F8 and select the appropriate bootup device: i.e. USB dongle, DVD-drive, etc.

 

[fretman]

Thanks again. Didn't know you could go into BIOS and change sequence if the OS crashed.

 

[aziraphale]

The BIOS has nothing to do with your OS. While you copy your OS onto a HD your BIOS resides permanently on a chip on your Mainboard. You just tell your BIOS where to look for the OS...

 

[fretman]

Makes sense. Thanks.

 

[apache_lives]

I only allow the pc to boot from the HDD.. never let it boot from anything else.. also have a password to get into Bios

LOL bios password.

If you put your FDD first it will read it every time you boot to check for a disk (and ware out the drive its self), your better off setting it to CDROM - C/HDD 0 and then whatever, and dont even think of worrying about crashes etc - you can always change the boot order etc and bios/board crashes - forget about recovery, its either auto (and asks for a cd or disk) or thats it

 

[shadowmaster625]

it depends. If you always have a cd in your drive then it will slow down your bootup if it looks in there before looking in your HD. I would set your HD as #1 then change it later if you ever need to.

 

[fretman]

Thanks to everyone again.