How to set a Dell laptop to boot from CD drive? model Dell latitude cpi r series. model no ppx.?

Changing the boot sequence is easy. Step by step from Dell.

6. Latitude™ Cp, Cpi, CpiA, CptC, Cpir, CsR, CsxH, CpxH, CptV, CpxJ, or CptS Series Systems


To change the order of your system boot devices, perform the following steps:



NOTE: If your computer is a Dell Latitude CP, CPi series and you have not upgraded your BIOS since you purchased the computer, skip to the bottom of this document for slightly different instructions.

Power on the system.
When the Dell logo screen appears, press the <F2> key or press the <Fn> + <F1> keys simultaneously to enter the BIOS (System Setup).
Press the <Down Arrow> key until Boot First Device is highlighted.
Press the <Right Arrow> key until CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive is shown.
Insert CD-ROM you intend to boot to into the CD-ROM drive.
Press the <Alt> + <B> keys at the same time to Save and Reboot.

1. turn your computer off
2. turn on and when you see the white bar loading for the dell bios, press F12 or whichever the option is for one-time boot menu.
3. select the drive that specifies your cd-drive.
note- this is for a one time boot only. to have it boot every time into the cd drive, you need to enter bios, which can be accessed through the same process by pressing a key like F12 in step 2.

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How to set a Dell laptop to boot from CD drive? model Dell latitude cpi r series. model no ppx.?

depending pn your BIOS when you turn on your laptop either press F2 or if that doesnt work Fn + F1 when you get to the BIOS look for boot order and toggle it to Cd

Hope that helps

Insert the CD, then turn if off. After a few seconds, turn it on and hit the DELETE key to get into the BIOS settings. (Some computers use F1 and others use F2). When you get into the BIOS settings, go to the BOOT section. Change the ORDER, so that the CD drive boots before the hard drive. Then SAVE the changes and watch it BOOT from the CD drive.

Obviously, if that CD does not have the necessary Boot information, the computer will look at the hard drive next.

when you start your laptop go to setup ( some of them you press delete, some by pressing f2 )
there should be an option for ( boot sequence ) and select the cd drive to be the first boot device.

Look in the bios