DECpcä Charmonix
6
What is the BIOS Setup Utility? ......................................................................
2-1
Helpful Hints ............................................................................................
2-3
Maneuvering through Setup.............................................................................
2-4
Changing Time and Date .................................................................................
2-6
Setting Up Security .........................................................................................
2-7
Setting Supervisor and User Passwords.....................................................
2-7
Enabling Password On Boot .....................................................................
2-9
Eliminating User and Supervisor Passwords .............................................
2-10
Protecting Against Boot Sector Viruses ....................................................
2-11
Other Security Options ....................................................................................
2-13
Setting up Power Management .................................................................
2-14
Putting Your Computer Quickly into Full Power Management .................
2-15
Configuring for New Disk Drives ....................................................................
2-16
Diskette Drive Configuration ....................................................................
2-16
Hard Disk Drive Configuration .................................................................
2-17
Autotyping a Hard Disk .....................................................................
2-17
Manually Defining a Hard Disk .........................................................
2-18
Changing the Boot Sequence ...........................................................................
2-19
Speeding up the Boot Process ..........................................................................
2-20
Resetting Keyboard Features ...........................................................................
2-21
Changing the Keyboard Features ..............................................................
2-22
3
System Software and Utilities
Introduction.....................................................................................................
3-1
Software Applications and Backup Media .......................................................
3-1
Restoring Factory Installed Software ...............................................................
3-2
How to Restore All Factory Installed Software .........................................
3-3
How to Restore Individual Programs ........................................................
3-4
Using System Utilities .....................................................................................
3-4
Before Using System Utilities and Video Drivers .....................................
3-4
Setting High Resolution Mode for Your Monitor Display .........................
3-5
Using Your Remote Support Diskette .......................................................
3-6