Dell 6300 Laptop User Manual


 
Using the System Setup Program 4-7
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Selecting Hard Disk Only
causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-
disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found.
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This option determines the order in which PCI devices are scanned by the system,
and it allows you to select the built-in SCSI controller or an optional PCI expansion-
card SCSI controller as the boot device. The options are:
Embedded Devices First
Slots First (High/Low) (the default)
Slots First (Low/High)
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System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security fea-
ture and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new
password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright
characters.
The settings for the System Password are:
Not Enabled (the default)
Enabled
Disabled by Jumper (jumper removed)
NOTE: Read “Using the System Password Feature” found later in this chapter for
instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an existing
system password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter
for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password.
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When Setup Password is set to Enabled, Password Status allows you to prevent the
system password from being changed or disabled at system start-up.
To lock the system password, you must first assign a password in Setup Password
and then change Password Status to Locked. In this state, the system password can-
not be changed through System
Password and cannot be disabled at system start-up
by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>.
To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup password in Setup Pass-
word and then change Password Status to Unlocked. In this state, the system
password can be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter> and then
changed through System Password.