Disk Drive Control; Drive Control Settings - Acer M11E User Manual

2.10.3

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
(under DOS mode only).
Table 2-2 lists the drive control settings and their corresponding
functions.
Table 2-2

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
Setup Utility
Description
Floppy drive functions normally
Disables the write function on
all sectors
Disables the write function only
on the boot sector
Description
Hard disk drive functions
normally
Disables the write function on
all sectors
Disables the write function only
on the boot sector
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