Diskette Drive Control; Diskette Drive Control Settings - Acer AcerNote 970 Service Manual

SETTING A PASSWORD
To set a password:
Select the desired password (Supervisor or User) to set or edit, and press ← ← or → → . The
1.
password prompt (a key) appears:
2. Enter a password.
The password may consist of up to eight characters which do not appear on the screen when
you type them. After typing your password, press Enter. Another password prompt appears:
3. Retype your password and press Enter to verify your first entry.
After setting a password, the notebook sets this parameter to [Present]. The next time you
boot the notebook, resume from suspend mode, run the Setup utility or unlock system
resources, the password prompt appears. Key in the appropriate password (Supervisor or
User). The system asks for your password input until you enter the correct password.
If you forget your password, you must reset the configuration values stored in CMOS to defaults.
Resetting CMOS requires opening up the system unit, so contact your dealer for assistance.
REMOVING A PASSWORD
To remove a password, select the desired password to remove and press ← ← or → → .
3.6.2

Diskette Drive Control

This parameter allows you to enable or disable the read/write functions of the floppy drive. The
following table summarizes the available options.
Table 3-2

Diskette Drive Control Settings

Setting
Normal Floppy drive functions normally
(default)
Write-Protect Disables any floppy drive write function; protects all sectors only under DOS mode.
If you enter Setup using the user password, you cannot modify
or remove the supervisor password.
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