Disk Drive Control; Drive Control Settings - Acer Power 6000 User Manual

Operation Mode
This function lets you enable or disable the password prompt display. When set to
, the password prompt appears before system boot. When set to
Normal
, the password prompt does not appear; however, your system will not
Lock
respond to any keyboard or mouse input until you enter the correct password.
The default setting is
3.9.3

Disk Drive Control

The Disk Drive Control parameters allow you to protect the floppy drive and hard
disk data from being modified (possible under DOS mode only).
Table 3-2 lists the drive control settings and their corresponding functions.
Table 3-2

Drive Control Settings

Floppy Drive
Setting
Normal
Write Protect All Sectors
Write Protect Boot Sector
Hard Disk Drive
Setting
Normal
Write Protect All Sectors
Write Protect Boot Sector
Make sure switch 1 of SW1 is set to
the Power-on password.
Normal.
Floppy drive functions normally
Disables the write function on all sectors
Disables the write function only on the boot sector
Hard disk drive functions normally
Disables the write function on all sectors
Disables the write function only on the boot sector
to enable
Off
Description
Description
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