Settings in BIOS Setup
Main
- system functions
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Autotype Hard Disk
!
Only if you have installed a new unrecorded IDE hard disk drive, you
should mark the
Autotype Hard Disk
field.
If you have set the hard disk parameters with
Autotype Hard Disk
, you can
only reduce the values.
If you have installed a new unrecorded IDE hard disk drive, you should mark the
Autotype Hard Disk
field and press Enter. This has the effect of setting the optimum
values for the IDE hard disk drive. You can change these values if you set the
Type
field to
User
.
Type - Hard Disk Type
This field is used to specify the type of hard disk drive.
None
You cannot change the hard disk parameters (
Cylinders, Heads,
Sector/Track
and
Write Precomp
). An IDE drive has not been
installed.
1
to
39
The hard disk parameters (
Cylinders, Heads
, etc.) are preset.
Auto
If the hard disk supports this mode, the setup menu reads the hard
disk parameters from the disk itself. You do not need to select the
parameters yourself.
User
You can enter the hard disk parameters (
Cylinders, Heads
etc.)
yourself.
If you have set the hard disk parameters with
Autotype Hard Disk
,
you can only reduce the values.
Examples of user-defined entries (IDE drives):
Hard disk
hard disk capacity
parameter
850 Mbyte
1,2 Gbyte
1,6 Gbyte
Cylinders
1654
2484
3148
Heads
16
16
16
Sectors
63
63
63
Write Precomp
None
None
None
