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Chapter 2: BIOS setupChapter 2: BIOS setup

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have

the correct configuration information supplied by the drive

manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to

recognize the installed hard disk.

CapacityCapacity

Capacity

Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not

configurable.

CylinderCylinder

Cylinder

Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.

HeadHead

Head

Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not

configurable.

SectorSector

Sector

Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.

Transfer ModeTransfer Mode

Transfer Mode

Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.

After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk

utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives.

This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk.

Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to

active.

Access Mode [Auto]Access Mode [Auto]

Access Mode [Auto]

The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE hard disk drive.

Select [CHS] for this item if you set the IDE Primary Master/Slave to

[Manual]. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]

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