Power-On Password; Disk Drive Control; Advanced Options - Acer V70LA Technical Manual

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Advanced Options

Power-on Password

With the system password you can prevent booting of the operating system. The system can be
accessed only by those who know the system password.
You can set the system password in the Power-on Password field. Follow the same procedure as in
setting the Setup password.

Disk Drive Control

Disk Drive Control is used to enable and disable drive write-protection.
The table shows the possible settings and their meaning:
Floppy disk drive
Normal
Write Protect All Sectors
Write Protect Boot Sector
Hard disk drive
Normal
Write Protect All Sectors
Write Protect Boot Sector
Advanced Options
This menu and the associated submenus are shown in Advanced level only.
Change the default settings only for special applications. Incorrect settings can cause
!
malfunctions.
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Settings
Settings
Meaning
Floppy disks may be read, written to or deleted.
Diskettes can only be read.
The boot sector of floppy disks is read-only. The
remaining data on the floppy disk may be read,
written or deleted.
Meaning
Hard disks may be read, written to or deleted.
Hard disks are read-only.
The boot sector of the hard disk is read-only.
The remaining data on the hard disk may be
read, written to or deleted.
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