NEC VERSA TXI, Manual

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Using the BIOS Setup Utility 3-7
Internal HDD Submenu Items
Menu Item Settings (default is bold)
Type
Auto , None, User, CD-ROM, ATAPI
Removable Device
When set to Auto, the values for Cylinders,
Heads, Sectors, and Maximum Capacity as
read only.
When set to Auto, the BIOS detects what the
drive is capable of, not the translation
mechanism that was used to format the drive.
If a drive is run in a mode other than the
mode in which it was partitioned and
formatted, unpredictable results may occur,
including data loss.
When set to None, informs the system to
ignore this drive.
When set to User, allows the manual entry of
all fields described next.
When set to CD-ROM, IDE Removable,
ATAPI Removable, or Other ATAPI, allows
the manual entry of all fields described next.
Cylinders When Type is Auto, value in the Cylinders
field is auto-detected and field is read only.
Heads When Type is Auto, value in Heads field is
auto-detected and field is read only.
Sectors When Type is Auto, value in Sectors field is
auto-detected and field is read only.
Maximum Capacity This field is read-only and cannot be changed
from BIOS Setup.
Example: 10056 MB
Multi-Sector Transfers Disabled, 2, 4, 8, 16 sectors, Max.
Determines the number of sectors per block
for multi-sector transfers.
When Type is Auto, value in Multi-Sector
Transfers field is auto-detected and field is
read only.