Hard disk drive types (continued)

Defining your own drive type

if the parameters listed for your hard disk (in the documentation that came with it) do not match any of the types listed in the table above, you can define your own type using the SETUP program. Follow these steps:

1. With the cursor at the Hard disk type option,press

Page Up or Page Down to scroll through the types until you come to 47 = USER TYPE.

2.Use the numeric keys to enter the appropriate values for the parameters listed:

Cyln Head WPcom LZone Set Size

Cyln = the number of cylinders on the disk.

Head = the number of read/write heads in the drive.

WPcom = the precompensation cylinder.

LZone = the landing zone (the area on which the computer parks the heads when you run the HDSIT program).

Set = the number of sectors on the disk.

Size = the total amount of storage capacity for the disk.

Running the Setup Program

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