Specifications

Getting Started

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Item Specific Help

F1 Help Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Defaults

ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Previous Values

<Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or

<Enter> selects field.

Autotype Fized Disk: [Press Enter]

IDE Adapter 0 Master (C: 704Mb)

Multi-Sector Transfers: [16 sectors]

Write Precomp: [None]

Sectors/Track: [ 63]

Heads: [ 16]

Cylinders: [ 1365]

Type: [User] 704 Mb

Transfer Mode: [Standard]

LBA Mode Control: [Enabled]

Figure 2-4. IDE Adapter Sub-menu.

Autotype Fixed Disk

Use this option when setting up a new disk drive. Press

ENTER to start the process; the BIOS will change each

setting it has information for. This option ensures that the

BIOS determines the proper settings of the drive, based on

the manufacturer’s information. You can use this option

with any IDE drive that complies with ANSI

specifications.

When you manually enter information for a pre-formatted

disk drive, take care to use the same parameters that were

used originally when the disk was formatted. If the specific

cylinder, head, and sector information used was different

than the manufacturer’s settings, autotyping the disk will

supply the wrong configuration. Most likely you will be

unable to boot an operating system under such

circumstances.