Configure The System Bios - Western Digital WD SATA Hard Drives Installation Manual

Configure the System BIOS

Before partitioning and formatting your hard drive, you must tell the system what type of
hard drive it is. 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 Auto Detection or Auto Config option that may be present in your BIOS. If
given a choice, select the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) option and enable it. In some
cases, LBA will be an option under Translation Mode. In other systems, Auto Detection
is preselected.
3. Enable options such as LBA or Translation Mode available in most current system BIOSs.
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.
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 7 for instructions.
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