1 disk drive control -40, 2 drive control settings -40, 1disk drive control – Acer Altos 1100 Series User Manual

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2.8.1Disk 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 2-2 lists the drive control settings and their corresponding functions.

Table 2-2

Drive Control Settings

Setting

Description

Floppy Drive

Normal

Floppy drive functions normally

Write Protect All Sectors

Disables the write function on all sectors

Write Protect Boot Sector

Disables the write function only on the

boot sector

Disabled

Disables all floppy drive functions

Hard Disk Drive

Normal

Hard disk drive functions normally

Write Protect All Sectors

Disables the write function on all sectors

Write Protect Boot Sector

Disables the write function only on the

boot sector

Disabled

Disables all hard disk functions

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