User’s Guide
BIOS Setup
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Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility
This Award Low-Level-Format Utility is designed as a tool to save your time when
you format your hard disk. This Utility automatically looks for the necessary infor-
mation of the drive you selected. It also searches for bad tracks and lists them for
your reference.
Shown below is the Main Menu after you enter into the Award Low-Level-Format
Utility.
Hard disk Low-level-format Utility
NO. CYLS HEAD
SELECT DRIVE
BAD TRACKE LIST
PREFORMAT
Current select drive is : C
DRIVE: C CYLINDER : 0 HEAD: 0
CYLINDERS
HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE
SECTORS
MODE
Drive C: 1282 Mb
621
64
0
2483
63
LBA
Drive D:
0 Mb
0
0
65535
65535
0
AUTO
Up/Down - Select item
Enter - Accept
ESC-Exit/Abort
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Control Keys
Use the Up and Down arrow keys to move around the selections displayed
on the upper screen. Press [Enter] to accept the selection. Press Esc to
abort the selection or exit the Utility.
SELECT DRIVE
Select from installed hard disk drive C or D. Listed at the bottom of the
screen is the drive automatically detected by the utility.