Compaq D300v Series manual Translation Parameters IDE Disks only

Setup Utility (Intel Celeron Models)

Computer Setup (Continued)

Heading	Option	Description
Storage	Device Configuration	CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation
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		mode selected automatically by the
		BIOS should not be changed. If the
		selected translation mode is not
		compatible with the translation mode that
		was active when the disk was partitioned
		and formatted, the data on the disk will
		be inaccessible.
		Translation Parameters (IDE Disks only)
		Allows you to specify the parameters (logical
		cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used
		by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from
		the operating system or an application) into
		terms the hard drive can accept. Logical
		cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of
		heads may not exceed 256. The number of
		sectors per track may not exceed 63. These
		fields are only visible and changeable when the
		drive translation mode is set to User.
	Options	Removable Media Boot
		Enables/disables ability to boot the system
		from removable media.
		After saving changes to Removable
		Media Boot, the computer will restart.
		Turn the computer off, then on,
		manually.
		Removable Media Write
		Enables/disables ability to write data to
		removable media.
		This feature applies only to legacy
		diskette, IDE LS-120 Superdisk, and
		IDEPD-CD drives.

Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration.

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