Table 3-11. BIOS Setup Security Menu Options (Continued)

Option

Settings

Description

 

 

 

Boot from Removable Media

All

This option determines who has permission to boot

 

Supervisor Only

the system using removable media. Select

 

 

[Supervisor Only] to allow the system only to be

 

 

booted from removable media after the system is

 

 

started by entering a supervisor password when the

 

 

Password On Boot option is enabled.

 

 

When [Supervisor Only] is selected, the system

 

 

cannot be booted from removable media if

 

 

Supervisor Password is enabled and the Supervisor

 

 

password was not entered at boot time.

 

 

 

Floppy Disk Access

All

This option determines who has access to an

 

Supervisor Only

external floppy drive. Select [Supervisor Only] to

 

 

allow diskette access only after the system is started

 

 

by entering a supervisor password when the

 

 

Password On Boot option is enabled. If the Password

 

 

On Boot option is disabled, the floppy drive is not

 

 

accessible.

 

 

When [Supervisor Only] is selected, the system

 

 

prevents diskette access if Supervisor Password is

 

 

enabled and the Supervisor password was not

 

 

entered at boot time.

 

 

 

Hard Disk Security Submenu

 

Enter this submenu to configure the hard disk

 

 

security. (See “Hard Disk Security Submenu

 

 

Options” on page -20for details.)

 

 

 

Owner Information Submenu

 

Enter this submenu to view and change system

 

 

owner information. (See “Owner Information

 

 

Submenu Options” on page -20for details.)

 

 

 

Hard Disk Boot Sector

Normal

This option write-protects the boot sector on the hard

 

Write Protected

disk, to protect against viruses.

 

 

Select [Write Protect] to grant read only access to

 

 

the hard disk drive’s boot sector.

 

 

Select [Normal] to allow read and write access to the

 

 

boot sector.

 

 

Caution

 

 

Selecting [Write Protect] is not advisable on systems

 

 

running Windows 98 or Windows 2000, since those

 

 

operating systems must occasionally write to the

 

 

boot sector. Select [Normal] if your system runs

 

 

Windows 98 or Windows 2000.

 

 

 

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