Disk Drive Control; Drive Control Settings - Acer ALTOS 1100E Series User Manual

3.8.1

Disk Drive Control

The disk drive control features allow you to control the floppy drive or the hard
disk drive boot function to prevent loading operating systems or other programs
from a certain drive while the other drives are operational.
Table 3-2 lists the drive control settings and their corresponding functions.
Table 3-2

Drive Control Settings

Setting
Floppy Drive
Normal
Write Protect All Sectors
Write Protect Boot Sector
Disabled
Hard Disk Drive
Normal
Write Protect All Sectors
Write Protect Boot Sector
Disabled
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Description
Floppy drive functions normally
Disables the write function on all sectors
Disables the write function only on the
boot sector
Disables all floppy drive functions
Hard disk drive functions normally
Disables the write function on all sectors
Disables the write function only on the
boot sector
Disables all hard disk functions