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| 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. | |||||
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| Allows you to specify the default values for the Multisector Transfers, Transfer Mode, and Translation | |||||
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| Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media. | |||||
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| Enables/disables ability to write data to legacy diskettes. | |||||
| BIOS DMA Data Transfers | |||||
| Allows you to control how BIOS disk I/O requests are serviced. When Enable is selected, the BIOS | |||||
| will service ATA disk read and write requests with DMA data transfers. When Disable is selected, | |||||
| the BIOS will service ATA disk read and write requests with PIO data transfers. | |||||
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| Allows you to choose how the SATA controller and devices are accessed by the operating system. | |||||
| There are up to two supported options: IDE and AHCI. | |||||
| IDE is the default option. Use this option for "normal" | |||||
| Select the AHCI option to enable DOS and boot accesses to SATA devices using the AHCI interface. | |||||
| Select this mode, if the target operating system supports accessing the SATA devices via AHCI (e.g., | |||||
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| Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Primary channel of the first SATA | |||||
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6 Computer Setup (F10) Utility | ENWW |