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Time resets the time on the computer’s internal clock.

Time is kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes:seconds). To change the time, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field or press the left- arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type numbers in each of the appropriate fields.

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Date resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar.

Your system automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the three fields that follow (month, day-of-month, and year).

To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the high- lighted field or press the left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type numbers in the month and day-of-monthfields.

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Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B identify the type of diskette drives installed in your computer. With the standard cabling configuration, Diskette Drive A (the boot diskette drive) is the 3.5-inch diskette drive installed in the top externally accessible drive bay; Diskette Drive B is any drive installed in the bottom externally accessible drive bay that is connected to the system’s diskette/tape drive interface.

The option settings always match the physical locations of the drives in your com- puter—the first drive listed on Page 1 of the System Setup screens is the top drive in your computer.

The options are:

5.25Inch, 360 KB

5.25Inch, 1.2 MB

3.5Inch, 720 KB

3.5Inch, 1.44 MB Not Installed

NOTE: Tape drives are not reflected in the Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B options. For example, if you have a single diskette drive and a tape drive attached to the diskette/tape drive interface cable, set the Diskette Drive A option to match the characteristics of the diskette drive and set the Diskette Drive B option to Not Installed.

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Primary identifies drives attached to the primary enhanced integrated drive electron- ics (EIDE) interface connector (labeled “IDE1”) on the system board; Secondary identifies drives connected to the secondary EIDE interface connector (labeled

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