Acer Altos 1100 Acer Altos 1100 User's Guide - Page 63

System Boot Drive, Boot From IDE CD-ROM, Drive A then C, Enabled, Disabled

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2.6.6 System Boot Drive This parameter allows you to specify the system search sequence. The selections are: • Drive A then C: The system checks drive A first. If there is a diskette in the drive, the system boots from drive A. Otherwise, it boots from drive C:. • Drive C then A: The system checks drive C first. If there is a hard disk (drive C) installed, the system boots from drive C. Otherwise, it boots from drive A. • C: The system always boots from drive C. • A: The system always boots from drive A. 2.6.7 Boot From IDE CD-ROM When set to Enabled, the system checks for a bootable CD in the IDE CD-ROM drive. If a CD is present, the system boots from the CD-ROM; otherwise, it boots from the drive specified in the System Boot Drive parameter. When set to Disabled, the system boots from the drive specified in the System Boot Drive parameter. The default setting is Enabled. Chapter 2 - BIOS Utility 2-21

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Chapter 2 - BIOS Utility
2-21
2.6.6
System Boot Drive
This parameter allows you to specify the system search sequence.
The selections
are:
Drive A then C:
The system checks drive A first.
If there is a diskette in the
drive, the system boots from drive A.
Otherwise, it boots from drive
C:.
Drive C then A:
The system checks drive C first.
If there is a hard disk
(drive C) installed, the system boots from drive C.
Otherwise, it boots from
drive A.
C:
The system always boots from drive C.
A:
The system always boots from drive A.
2.6.7
Boot From IDE CD-ROM
When set to
Enabled
, the system checks for a bootable CD in the IDE CD-ROM
drive.
If a CD is present, the system boots from the CD-ROM; otherwise, it boots
from the drive specified in the System Boot Drive parameter.
When set to
Disabled,
the system boots from the drive specified in the System Boot Drive
parameter.
The default setting is
Enabled
.