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‎12-05-2011 11:00 PM

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dm4t1000, bought  it last september

With a pre-installed win7 64-bit system, but now want to install a winxp as the 2nd OS

but just couldn't enter bios,could not find the option to configure the boot order

When the laptop is on, it says "press esc to enter the start up menu", I tried it, but which turns out is not the one that I am looking for.

I also searched information online, someone says f10 or f8 could work. But absolutely, it does not work for me

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‎12-05-2011 11:14 PM

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F10 should work if you hold it during boot. Try F2 as well
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‎12-06-2011 07:05 AM

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I tried f10 and f2, and the win7 boot manager comes out. I was only provided options like'start win7 normally","start win7 with safe mode","start safe mode with networking" and so on.   I could not find options to let me configure the boot order.

‎12-06-2011 07:19 AM

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I tried f10, and it shows like this"edit windows boot options"

 

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after f2, windows boot manager will come out. But I think it is not a same thing as BIOS.

‎12-28-2011 11:28 AM

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You must press ESC immediately after boot, then F10 for the BIOS menu.

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