To Determine If Ez-Bios Installed; Installing An Operating System From Floppy Disk With Ez-Bios Installed - Western Digital WD Caviar Installation Manual

To Determine if EZ-BIOS Installed

If EZ-BIOS installed on your master drive (Drive 1), the
following message displays when you reboot the system.
EZ-BIOS: Initializing . . .
EZ-BIOS: Hold the CTRL key down for Status
Screen or to boot from floppy . . .
Installing an Operating System from Floppy Disk
with EZ-BIOS Installed
If EZ-BIOS installed on your hard drive, use the following
procedure to install an operating system from floppy disk.
If EZ-BIOS did not install, follow the installation instructions
in your operating system manual.
CAUTION. If your operating system is not installed exactly as
described below, the operating system setup routine reformats
the drive to less than the full drive capacity.
1. Reboot your system.
After you reboot (before inserting your bootable floppy disk),
the following message may display.
EZ-BIOS: Initializing . . .
EZ-BIOS: Hold the
Screen or to boot from floppy . . .
If the preceding message does not display, boot to the first
operating system installation disk.
2. Press and hold the
3. Read the screen prompt and type A.
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key down for Status
CTRL
key down. A status screen displays.
CTRL