How to Boot From a CD With an Asus
- 1). Place your bootable CD into your Asus optical drive.
- 2). Restart your Asus computer.
- 3). Press "F1" when the Asus logo is on screen to access your BIOS.
- 4). Highlight "Primary Boot Device" from the Asus BIOS menu. Press "Enter." Select the listing for your optical drive. Hit "Enter."
- 5). Highlight "Save Changes and Exit." Your computer will now reboot and boot off of your CD as opposed to your hard drive.
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