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Chapter 4: BIOS
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Fixed Disk Boot Sector
This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect,
which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it.
The other option is Normal.
Password on Boot
This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system
boots up. The options are Enabled (password required) and Disabled (password
not required).
4-6 Boot
Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You
should see the following display. See details on changing boot priority and devices in
Specifi c Help Windows. All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section.
Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders
The devices included in the boot list section (above) are bootable devices listed in
the sequence of boot order as specifi ed. The boot functions for the devices included
in the candidate list (above) are currently disabled. Use a <+> key or a <-> key to
move the device up or down. Use the <f> key or the <r> key to specify the type of
an USB device, either fi xed or removable. You can select one item from the boot
list and hit the <x> key to remove it from the list of bootable devices (to make its
resource available for other bootable devices). Subsequently, you can select an item
from the candidate list and hit the <x> key to remove it from the candidate list and
put it in the boot list. This item will then become a bootable device. See details on
changing the boot priority order of a device in the "Item Specifi c Help" window.
Candidate
List
Boot List