Configure The System Bios - Western Digital 13000RTL - 13 GB Caviar Drive Installation Manual

Configure the System BIOS

Before partitioning and formatting your hard drive, you must tell the system what type of
hardware you are using. If you have an older system, it may be necessary for you to either
upgrade your system BIOS or configure the current BIOS so that the new drive will be
properly detected.
To configure your system BIOS:
1. Enter your CMOS setup program (sometimes called the Setup program). Systems
typically display a message at startup indicating which function key to press to enter
setup. The most common function keys are F1, F2, or Delete. Refer to your system
manual for instructions if necessary.
2. Find any IDE Auto Detection or Auto Config option that may be present in your BIOS.
If given a choice, select the (Logical Block Addressing) LBA option and enable it. In
some cases, LBA will be an option under IDE Translation Mode. In other systems, Auto
Detection is preselected.
3. Enable options such as LBA or Translation Mode available in most current system
BIOSs. If you do not have either option, you must use Data Lifeguard Tools to install
your new hard drive, upgrade the system BIOS, or install an ATA controller card with
onboard BIOS that supports the full drive capacity.
Note: If your system BIOS does not have an Auto Config drive type or does not show full
capacity, disable LBA, select User Defined, and enter 1023 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63
sectors for the drive parameters. Selecting User Defined ensures that the software will
install on your system.
If your system BIOS does not have auto config or User Defined option, select Type 9.
Selecting Type 9 ensures that Data Lifeguard Tools will install on your system.
4. To boot from the Data Lifeguard Tools CD, you may need to change the boot sequence.
Find the boot order settings in your system BIOS and select the CD-ROM drive as the
first device to be booted from startup, followed by any removable devices (such as floppy
disk drive), and the hard drive(s).
5. Save your settings and exit the system BIOS. Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into
your CD-ROM drive and restart. Your system will boot from the Data Lifeguard Tools
CD upon startup.
IMPORTANT: If your system cannot boot from a CD, you can create a Data Lifeguard
Tools bootable diskette instead. See page 9 for instructions.
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