First Hard Disk Drive; Fast Boot; Silent Boot - Acer M11E User Manual

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2 . The system then checks this drive if it can not boot from the
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1 specified drive.
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3 . If the 1 and
BIOS will display an error message if the drive(s) specified is not
bootable.
2.7.2

First Hard Disk Drive

This parameter specifies whether the BIOS utility will boot from an EIDE
hard disk drive or a SCSI hard disk drive. The system will automatically
boot from an EIDE hard disk if your system does not have a SCSI hard
disk drive. The default setting is
2.7.3

Fast Boot

This parameter allows the system to boot faster by skipping some
POST routines. The default setting is
2.7.4

Silent Boot

This parameter enables or disables the Silent Boot function. When set
to Enabled , BIOS is in graphical mode and displays only an
identification logo during POST and while booting. After booting the
screen displays the operating system prompt (such as DOS) or logo
(such as Windows 95). If any error occurs while booting, the system
automatically switches to the text mode.
Enabled
Even if your setting is
while booting by pressing
enter setup" message on the screen.
When set to Disabled
you see the system initialization details on the screen.
Setup Utility
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2 searches fail then it boots from this drive.
IDE .
Auto
.
, you may also switch to the text mode
when you see the "Ctrl-Alt-Esc key to
, BIOS is in the conventional text mode where
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