Gateway ALR 8300 - Manual (Page 69)

BIOS Setup 57
Hard disk drive setup screen
The hard disk drive setup screen appears whenever the Primary Master,
Primary Slave, Secondary Master, or Secondary Slave fields are
selected from the main menu screen.
Figure 28: Example Hard Disk Drive Setup Screen
• Type offers the following options:
• 1 to 39 - Selecting this options brings up one of a set of
previously defined drive types and sizes. These values only
apply to older drives, generally less than 200-MB in size.
• User - Selecting this option brings up a sub-menu where you
can enter the
CYLINDERS, HEADS, SECTORS and
MAXIMUM CAPACITY of the drive you are configuring.
These values are generally available from the documentation
for the drive or the drive label itself.
• Auto - Selecting this option automatically configures the drive
based on information from the drive itself.
• CD-ROM - Select this option if the drive is a CD-ROM.
• IDE Removable - Select this option of the drive is a
removable disk drive.
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