Acer TravelMate 3210Z Series User Manual

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46English BIOS utilityThe BIOS utility is a hardware configuration program built into yourcomputer's BIOS.Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do notneed to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, youmay need to run it.To activate the BIOS utility, press during the POST; while the notebook PClogo is being displayed.Boot sequenceTo set the boot sequence in the BIOS utility, activate the BIOS utility, then selectBoot from the categories listed at the top of the screen.Enable disk-to-disk recoveryTo enable disk-to-disk recovery (hard disk recovery), activate the BIOS utility,then select Main from the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find D2DRecovery at the bottom of the screen and use the and keys to set thisvalue to Enabled.PasswordTo set a password on boot, activate the BIOS utility, then select Security fromthe categories listed at the top of the screen. Find Password on boot: and usethe and keys to enable this feature.Using softwarePlaying DVD moviesWhen the DVD drive module is installed in the optical drive bay, you can playDVD movies on your computer.1 Eject the DVD tray and insert a DVD movie disk; then close the DVD tray.Important! When you launch the DVD player for the first time, theprogram asks you to enter the region code. DVD disks are dividedinto 6 regions. Once your DVD drive is set to a region code, it willplay DVD disks of that region only. You can set the region code a