Disk Drive Control - Acer Altos 21000 Series User Manual

4.8.1

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