IBM ATA-3 manual Using, Manager, Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide, Type

Normally,

drives

1

and

2

are

connected

to

the

primary

IDE

c.

Select

Drive

Type

1 .

The

value

displayed for

the

type

1

port

and

drives

3

and

4

are

connected

to

the

secondary

IDE

drive

is 1

MB.

When

the

partitioning

process

completes,

port.

configuration-setup

still

displays 10

MB,

but

you can

use

the

If

you

have

two

IDE

ports,

drives

1

and 3

are the

master

full

capacity

of

your

drive.

Save

the

changes,

exit

the

configuration-setup program, and continue

with

“Partitioning

devices

and

drives

2 and 4

are

the

slave

devices.

and

Formatting

Using

Disk

Manager.”

If

you

have

one

IDE

controller,

drive

1

is

the

master

device Partitioning

and

Formatting

Using

Disk

Manager

and

drive

2

is

the

slave

device.

3. Based on your configuration one

of

the

following

options

will

be

available.

The

choices

listed

in

order

of

preference

are:

a.

Select

the Auto

Detect

configuration-setup option,

if

available.

If

your

configuration-setup

displays

the

correct

capacity,

go

to

“Using

Your

Operating

System

for

Partitioning”

on

page

2-12.

If your configuration-setup does not

display

the

correct

capacity,

continue

with

“Partitioning

and

Formatting

Using

Disk

Manager.”

b.

Select

the

User

Definable

drive

type.

The

User

Definable

type

for

the

BIOS

configuration

will

be

a

number

between

47

and

49.

Enter

1024

for

cylinders,

16

for

heads,

and 63

for

sectors.

Set

the

Landing

Zone

and

Write

Precomp

entries to zero. When the partitioning

process

completes,

configuration-setup

displays

504

MB,

but

you

can

use

the

full capacity of your drive.

Save

the

changes,

exit

the

configuration-setup

program,

and

continue

with

“Partitioning

and

Formatting

Using

Disk

Manager.”

The

Disk Manager

software

contains

programs that

test,

correct,

partition,

format, and

prepare

the

hard

disk

drive

for

the

installation

of

an

operating

system.

The

following

procedure

prepares

your

drive

for

use

in

both

IBM

and

Non-IBM

computers.

1.

Turn

off

the

computer.

2.

Insert

theDisk Manager

Diskette

and

restart

the

computer.

3.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

4.

When

the

Disk Manager

main

menu

displays, select

View/Print

Online

Manual

and

pressEnter

to

view

information

by

operating

system

on

how

to

partition

your

drive and

install

your

operating

system.

5.

Return

to

the

main

menu, select

Easy

Disk

Installation

, and

press

Enter

to

accept

the

default partitioning.

If

you

do

not

want

to accept the default drive partitioning,

select

Advanced

Disk

Installation

to

select

your

own

partition

sizes.

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