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Disk Drives

Select Disk Drives to input configuration values for the system disk drives. The following shows the Disk Drives screen:

Parameter

Description

Option

 

 

 

Diskette Drive A Indicates the floppy disk drive type

1.44MB, 3.5-inch None

360 KB, 5.25-inch

1.2MB, 5.25-inch 720 KB, 3.5-inch

2.88MB, 3.5-inch

IDE Primary

Channel Master

and Slave

IDE Secondary

Channel Master

and Slave

These items let you select the IDE

Auto

hard disk parameters that your

User

system supports.

None

Auto. Enables BIOS to automati-

 

cally detect the parameters of

 

installed HDDs during the POST

 

(power-on self-test).

 

User. HDD parameters manually

 

configured.

 

None. No HDD is connected to the

 

system.

 

Note: The IDE CD-ROM is always

 

automatically detected.

 

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Acer R500 manual Parameter Description Option, 44 MB, 3.5-inch None, Auto