Acer 61X User Manual

BIOS Setup Information

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3.4.3

System Boot Drive Control

This parameter determines which drive the notebook boots from when you turn it on. The
following table lists the three possible settings.

Table 3-4

System Boot Drive Control Settings

Setting

Description

Drive A Then C
(default)

Notebook boots from floppy drive A. If there is no system disk in drive A, the
notebook boots from hard disk C. If the hard disk is a non-system disk, an error
message appears.

Drive C Then A

Notebook boots from hard disk C. If hard disk C is not a system disk, the notebook
boots from floppy drive A. If no diskette is present or if the diskette in floppy drive
A is a non-system disk, an error message appears.

Drive C

Notebook boots from hard disk C. If hard disk C is not a system disk, an error
message appears.

Drive A

Notebook boots from floppy drive A. If no diskette is present or if the diskette in
floppy drive A is a non-system disk, an error message appears.

An installed PCMCIA bootable card overrides the System Boot Drive setting.
The notebook supports SRAM card boot.

3.4.4

CD-ROM Bootable

When enabled the notebook checks the CD-ROM drive first and boots from there, if possible,
before checking the System Boot Drive control setting.

There are two image types/formats for CD-ROMs - floppy drive and hard disk. See Table 3-5 for a
description.

Table 3-5

CD-ROM Image Descriptions

Image Type

Upon Boot-up…

Floppy Drive

CD-ROM drive becomes drive A and the floppy drive becomes drive B. The hard
disk drive remains drive C.

Hard Disk

CD-ROM drive becomes drive C and the hard disk drive becomes drive D. The
floppy drive remains drive A.