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Hard disk drive setup screen – Gateway ALR 7300 User Manual

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BIOS Setup 65

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 40: Example Hard Disk Drive Setup Screen

Type offers the following options:

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.

None - “Auto” has been unable to supply the drive type or you
have deliberately selected “None,” disabling any drive that
may be installed.

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