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    x100e USB Optical Boot

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by discreteuniverse, Nov 29, 2010.

  1. discreteuniverse

    discreteuniverse Notebook Consultant

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    I have the boot order set properly in the BIOS, but I cannot get my x100e to boot from a usb optical drive. I've tried a couple different discs.

    It will boot from a USB flash drive, but not an optical drive.
     
    discreteuniverse, Nov 29, 2010
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  2. AboutThreeFitty

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    I manually select the optical drive in BIOS, instead of changing the boot process.
     
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  3. discreteuniverse

    discreteuniverse Notebook Consultant

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    Not sure what you mean by "select" it. The only thing I can do in the BIOS that involves the optical drive is make sure it's in the boot order.
     
    discreteuniverse, Nov 29, 2010
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    I believe it's called the Boot Menu. It's F12(In BIOS boot up) on my Ideapad, not sure if it is different for the x100e.
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Nov 29, 2010
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  5. andygb40

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    Just press enter when the thinkpad bios splashscreen is up. This gives you the boot option, no need to change the boot order in the bios.
     
    andygb40, Nov 29, 2010
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  6. discreteuniverse

    discreteuniverse Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, hitting Enter gives me a small menu where I can press F1 to enter the BIOS, F11 to diagnose or recover the system, and F12 to choose a temporary start up device. None of those give me the option to boot from the optical drive.
     
    discreteuniverse, Nov 29, 2010
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    try a different usb port. Mine only seems to work on the left hand ports. The right hand port won't recognise my usb dvd drive unless its booted into windows.
     
    andygb40, Nov 29, 2010
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  8. discreteuniverse

    discreteuniverse Notebook Consultant

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    I tried all three. Didn't seem to make any difference. Maybe it's something peculiar about my particular drive. It does work fine once an OS is loaded.
     
    discreteuniverse, Nov 29, 2010
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    discreteuniverse Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, no worries. I got myself a 4gb flash drive and am installing Windows 7 that way.
     
    discreteuniverse, Nov 29, 2010
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  10. k2001

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    Try turning on usb legacy support.
     
    k2001, Nov 30, 2010
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    ive used an optical drive to reinstall Windows 7 on my x100e before,it worked great

    F12 goes straight to the boot menu without needing to go to the extra "Enter" menu
     
    teeth_03, Nov 30, 2010
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