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Dell Inspiron 1545 - change boot order

by tomg35 May 5, 2009 4:51AM PDT

Hi

I'm trying to change the boot order on my laptop to boot from a CD/DVD.

When it boots it shows F2 for options and F12 for boot order.

F12 actually gives you the option of booting into Vista or into diagnostics, F2 doesn't seem to do anything (with the 1545 you have to press the Fn key and the F button for anything to happen).

I've also tried pressing Esc at startup but no difference.
Has anyone found a way to change the order?
Dell support says it's F12.

Thanks
Tom

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(NT) Moved to dell forum - please close this query in this forum

by tomg35 May 6, 2009 12:26AM PDT

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