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Setting Startup Types for Devices

You can set up any device on your NT system to start in any one of five different ways, as follows:

Boot
Starts every time the system starts, before any other devices start. Click this option for critical devices essential to system operation.
System
Starts every time the system starts, after the Boot devices start. Click this option for critical devices essential to system operation.
Automatic
Starts every time the system starts, after the Boot and System devices start. Click this option for devices that are not critical for basic system operation.
Manual
Allows the devices to be started by a user or a dependent device.
Disabled
Prevents users from starting the device, although the system can still start disabled devices.

To change the Startup type for any device:

open Control Panel, then double-click Devices.

Under Devices, select (click) a device.

Click Startup.

Under Startup Type, click Boot, System, Automatic, Manual, or Disabled.

Note: Changing the startup type of a Boot or System device can destabilize the system.