Fujitsu A1010 manual Disks Menu, IDE Settings Submenu

DISKS MENU

The Disks menu allows you to set information about your system’s hard- and floppy-disks, including:

■Enable or disable internal floppy disk drive controller

■Configure multiple diskette drives, if applicable.

■Enable or disable the internal hard disk controller

■Select the timing for hard disk drive and data transfers.

■Enable or disable hard disk drive security

✓Internal FDC Diskette Drives

✓Internal HDC

IDE Settings __ HDD Security

Figure 9. Disks Menu

Menu	Default	Description
Field
Internal	[Checked]	This item enables or disables the
FDC		internal floppy disk drive control-
		ler. It is enabled by default.
Diskette	---	When selected, opens the
Drives		Diskette Drives submenu. This
		would be used only if more than
		one diskette drive is installed or
		connected.
Internal	[Checked]	This item enables or disables the
HDC		internal hard disk drive controller.
		It is enabled by default.
IDE	–—	When selected, opens the IDE Set-
Settings		tings submenu, which allows you
		to select the timing and data
		transfer rates of the hard disk
		drive. (For more details, see IDE
		Settings submenu later in this sec-
		tion).
HDD	[Unchecked]	Enables or disables the hard disk
Security		drive security feature. It is disabled
		by default. The HDD security fea-
		ture attaches the administrator’s
		password to the hard drive so that
		if it is installed in a different sys-
		tem, the password will still be
		required to access its contents.

D i s k s M e n u

IDE Settings Submenu

The IDE Settings submenu allows you to select the timing speed for the system hard disk drive, as well as the data transfer rates.

IDE Settings

HDD Timing

( ) Standard

( ) Fast PIO

( ) Multiword DMA

( ) Ultra DMA

(*) ATA-66/100

I/O 32 bit transfer ( ) Disabled

(*) Enabled

HDD Block transfer

( ) Disabled

(*) Enabled

OKCancel

Figure 10. IDE Settings submenu

The IDE Settings submenu is divided into three sections:

HDD Timing:

■Standard

■Fast PIO

■Multiword DMA

■Ultra DMA

■ATA-66/100

I/O 32 bit transfer:

This field is Enabled by default. When it is disabled, the bit transfer is I/O 16 bit transfer.

HDD Block transfer:

This field is Enabled by default. When it is disabled, system access to the hard disk drive is one sector per Read/Write.

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