Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference Manual page 130

Power Conservation: Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference
4. Turn on the computer.
5. Press <F2> at the Dell BIOS splash screen to access the System Setup menu.
6. Press the down-arrow key to move through the field, and press the left- or right-arrow
key to change the device setting.
Select the following boot sequence:
Boot First Device: Diskette Drive
Boot Second Device: CDROM/DVDROM Drive
Boot Third Device: Internal HDD
7. Shut down the computer.
8. If your computer has a diskette drive attached, make sure that the drive does not contain
a diskette.
9. Turn on the computer.
The computer restarts and automatically begins to run the Dell Diagnostics.
10. Type x to exit to MS-DOS.
11. At the MS-DOS prompt, type r:\winx\suspend\mks2d (where winx is your operating
system) and press <Enter>.
NOTE: When you run the Dell Diagnostics from the System
Software CD, the CD-ROM drive letter is r.
Status messages appear on the screen. If an error message appears, it provides
information about what steps to take to continue building the partition.
When the S2D partition has been built and verified, the following message
appears:
The S2D partition was successfully created.
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