Acer Altos 500 Altos 500 Service Guide - Page 94

Power-on Password Enter your new Power-on Password twice. Power-on Password may be up to 7 characters long. Enter Password ] Enter Password again ] Set or Change Password Operation Mode This function lets you enable or disable the password prompt display. When set to Normal, the password prompt appears before system boot. When set to Keyboard Lock, the password prompt does not appear; however, your system will not respond to any keyboard or mouse input until you enter the correct password. 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). Floppy Drive Setting Normal Write Protect All Sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Hard Disk Drive Setting Description Floppy drive functions normally Disables the write function on all sectors Disables the write function only on the boot sector Description 3-38 Altos 500 System Guide