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‎08-15-2020 09:50 AM

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Product: EliteBook 2560p

I bought a second hand EliteBook 2560p. The first owner upgraded it to Windows 10. When I started it up it didn't want to work on Windows 10. Some message about not able to connect to a certain server. So I did a factory reset to restore it back to Windows 7. After the reset it gave me 3 boot options: Notebook Upgrade Bay, Notebook Hard Drive or Notebook Ethernet. Which one do I pick? I want to fix the pc but I'm afraid I will permanently screw it if I select incorrectly.

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‎08-15-2020 10:11 AM

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Hi:

 

The notebook Upgrade Bay is the DVD drive.

 

So, if you want to boot from a DVD, you would select that option.

 

You can only boot from the ethernet adapter if your notebook is used in a corporate environment where a feature like that may be supported.

 

The normal operation would be to boot from the hard drive.

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‎08-15-2020 10:11 AM

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Hi:

 

The notebook Upgrade Bay is the DVD drive.

 

So, if you want to boot from a DVD, you would select that option.

 

You can only boot from the ethernet adapter if your notebook is used in a corporate environment where a feature like that may be supported.

 

The normal operation would be to boot from the hard drive.

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‎08-15-2020 10:54 AM

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Thank you very much. It worked perfectly!!!

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‎08-15-2020 11:02 AM

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You're very welcome.

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