Boot Sequence; First Hard Disk Drive; Fast Boot; Silent Boot - Acer Altos 330 Series User Manual

2.7.1

Boot Sequence

This parameter allows you to specify the boot search sequence during POST.
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1 . The system checks this drive first.
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nd
. The system then checks this drive if it can not boot from the
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1 specified drive.
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. If the 1
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BIOS will display an error message if the drive(s) specified is not bootable.
2.7.2

First Hard Disk Drive

This parameter specifies whether the BIOS utility will boot from an EIDE hard
disk drive or a SCSI hard disk drive. The system will automatically boot from an
EIDE hard disk if your system does not have a SCSI hard disk drive. The default
setting is IDE.
2.7.3

Fast Boot

This parameter allows the system to boot faster by skipping some POST routines.
The default setting is Auto
2.7.4

Silent Boot

This parameter enables or disables the Silent Boot function. When set to Enabled,
BIOS is in graphical mode and displays only an identification logo during POST
and while booting.
prompt (such as DOS) or logo (such as Windows 95). If any error occurs while
booting, the system automatically switches to the text mode.
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and 2 searches fail then it boots from this drive.
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After booting the screen displays the operating system