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Maximum HDD size:
Note:
To support LBA or Large mode, address translation software is included
in the Award BIOS HDD Sevice Routine (INT13h). If you are running an
operating system that bypasses the BIOS INT13 Service Routine, LBA
and Large Mode may fail.
HDD Low Level Format
The HDD Low Level Format utility is designed as a tool to save you
time formatting your hard disk. It automatically looks for the necessary
information of the drive you selected. This utility also searches for bad
tracks and lists them for your reference. Highlight this option and press
<Enter>. A screen similar to the one below will appear.
Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility
DRIVE: C CYLINDER: 0
SIZE
Primary Master:
853
Primary Slave:
Secondary Master:
Secondary Slave:
Up/Down-Select item
Copyright (C) Award Software, Inc. 1992-94 All Rights Reserved
Warning:
Do not use this HDD Low Level Format feature for IDE hard drives.
They already have been low-level formatted at the factory. Do a high-
level format only for those drives. Refer to the manual that comes with
your operating system.
50
no. Cylinders
x no. Heads
x no. Sectors
x bytes per sector
1 gigabyte
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
SELECT DRIVE
BAD TRACK LIST
PREFORMED
Current select drive is : C
HEAD: 0
CYLS
HEAD
RECOMP
LANDZ
1654
16
65536
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ENTER-Accept
(1024)
( 32)
( 63)
( 512)
No. CYLS HEAD
SECTOR
MODE
1653
63
AUTO
0
0
AUTO
0
0
AUTO
0
0
AUTO
ESC-Exit/Abort
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