Ide Drives - Acer V55LA User Manual

2.2.3

IDE Drives

Move the highlight bar to the IDE Drive 0 parameter to configure the
first IDE drive (drive C). Press
with their respective values. Select the type that corresponds to your
IDE hard disk drive. Follow the same procedure for the other IDE
drives, if any. Choose None
Selecting the "Auto" Option
If you do not know the exact type of your IDE hard disk drive, select
the option Auto . During the power-on self-test (POST), when the
system performs self-testing and self-initialization before loading the
operating system and applications, the BIOS utility automatically
determines your IDE drive type. You can see the drive type and its
values when you enter the BIOS Utility.
IDE Drive 0 (xx MB). . . .[Auto]
If desired, you can save the values under the option
IDE Drive 0 (xx MB). . . .[User]
The next time you boot the system, the BIOS utility does not have to
auto-configure your IDE drive as it detects the saved disk information
during POST.
We recommend that you copy the IDE disk
drive values and keep them in a safe place in
case you have to reconfigure the disk in the
future.
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or to display the IDE drive types
if you do not have other drives.
Cylinder Head Sector
xx
User
Cylinder Head Sector
xx
xx xx
.
xx xx
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