System Security - IBM ThinkPad 310E User Manual

System Security

In the Disk Drive Control menu, you can set the following
parameters.
Diskette Drive
This parameter allows you to enable or disable the read/write
functions of the diskette drive. The following table summarizes the
available options.
Setting Description
Normal Diskette drive functions normally.
(default)
Write Protect Disables the diskette drive write function. This option
All Sectors is for operating systems that access the diskette drive
100 percent via BIOS only.
Write Protect Disables the write function on a diskette's boot sector.
Boot Sector This option is for operating systems that access the
diskette drive 100 percent via BIOS only.
Disabled Disables the diskette drive.
Hard Disk Drive
This parameter allows you to enable or disable the read/write
functions of the hard disk drive. The following table summarizes the
available options.
Setting Description
Normal Hard disk drive functions normally.
(default)
Write Protect Disables the hard disk drive write function. This
All Sectors option is for operating systems that access the hard
disk 100 percent via BIOS only.
Write Protect Disables the write function on the hard disk's boot
Boot Sector sector. This option is for operating systems that
access the hard disk 100 percent via BIOS only.
System Security
Appendix C. BIOS Utility
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