Chapter 1 29Acer eLock ManagementAcer eLock Management is a security utility that allow you to lock up your removable data, opticaland floppy drives to ensure that data can not be stolen while your notebook is unattended.• Removable data devices: includes USB disk drives, USB pen drives, USB flash drives, USB MP3drives, USB memory card readers, IEEE 1394 disk drives and any other removable disk drives that canbe mounted as a file system when plugged into the system.• Optical drive devices: includes any kind of CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives.• Floppy disk drives: 3.5-inch disks only.• Interfaces: includes serial port, parallel port, infrared (IR), and Bluetooth.To activate Acer eLock Management, a password must be set at first. Once set, you may applylocks to any of the three kinds of devices. Lock(s) will be set without any reboot necessary, and willremain locked after rebooting, until unlocked.NOTE: If you lose the password, there is no method to reset it except by reformatting the notebook or takingthe notebook to an Acer Customer Service Center. Be sure to remember or write down the password.
