Computer Setup-Storage - HP Compaq 6005 Pro Business PC Maintenance & Service Manual

Computer Setup—Storage
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.
Table 3-3 Computer Setup—Storage
Option
Device Configuration
Description
Lists all installed BIOS-controlled storage devices.
When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options
may be presented.
Emulation Type
Allows you to select a drive emulation type for a certain storage device. (For example, a Zip drive
can be made bootable by selecting diskette emulation.)
Drive Emulation Type Options
ATAPI Zip drive:
● None (treated as Other).
●
Diskette (treated as diskette drive).
CD-ROM: No emulation options available.
ATAPI LS-120:
●
None (treated as Other).
●
Diskette (treated as diskette drive).
Hard Disk
● None (prevents BIOS data accesses and disables it as a boot device).
●
Hard Disk (treated as hard disk).
Translation Mode (ATA disks only)
Lets you select the translation mode to be used for the device. This enables the BIOS to access
disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions
of UNIX (e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Automatic, Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and
Off.
CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be
changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was
active when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.
Translation Parameters (ATA disks only)
NOTE: This feature appears only when User translation mode is selected.
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used by the
BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into terms the
hard drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may not
exceed 256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible and
changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User.
SATA Default Values
Allows you to specify the default values for the Translation Mode for ATA devices.
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