Onboard Ide; Ide Drives - Acer Altos 9100 Series User Manual

3.2.3

Onboard IDE

When set to Enabled, this parameter enables the IDE drives installed in the system.
Setting to Disabled deactivates the IDE drives and grays the IDE Drive
parameters.
3.2.4

IDE Drives

Move the highlight bar to the IDE Drive 0 parameter to configure the first IDE
drive (drive C). Press
respective values. Select the type that corresponds to your drive. Follow the same
procedure for the other drives, if any. Choose None if you do not have other
drives.
Selecting the "Auto" Option
If you do not know the exact type of your IDE 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]
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or to display the IDE hard disk types with their
Cylinder Head Sector
xx xx xx