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BIOS Setup

When you install hard disk drives you must enter their

parameters in the Standard CMOS Setup section of the

BIOS CMOS Setup Utility as explained in Section 3. For

new drives you should use the IDE HDD Auto Detection

feature to automatically determine the drive parameters

and enter them in the required locations.

If you install a drive that has already been in use, you can

use the auto-detection feature with two considerations.

First, if you plan to reformat the drive, or second, if the

auto-detection feature comes up with the same param-

eters as the drive is already using.

If you are going to reformat the drive, just use the auto-

detected parameters.

Some IDE hard drives can use more than one set of pa-

rameters. If you are not going to reformat the drive, you

must make sure the auto-detected parameters are cor-

rect. If they are correct, the drive will work properly, if

not, the system won’ t be able to access it. In this case,

you will need to enter the drive information manually.

IDE Hard Disk Formatting

IDE hard disk drives are formatted at two levels. They

are first low-level formatted and then they are formatted

as part of the operating system installation procedure.

Low level formatting is generally done by the drive manu-

facturer at the factory. Manufacturers often use propri-

etary low level formatting software, so not only is it gen-

erally unnecessary to use the HDD Low Level Format

feature of the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, but it is also

inadvisable if the drive was formatted with proprietary

software. You should make sure this is not the case be-

fore you use this feature.

The second formatting procedure is part of installing the

operating system you will use and also involves parti-

tioning the drive. Since this procedure varies depending

on the operating system, you should refer to the operat-

ing system documentation for formatting instructions.

Formatting With MS-DOS

To format and partition a hard disk drive

under MS-DOS, you use a utility pro-

vided called FDISK. If your drive is al-

ready formatted you don’t need to use

this. If you need to format a drive, the

procedure may vary depending on which

version of MS-DOS you are using. The

basic procedure is:

• Start the computer from a start-up

floppy disk. Type FDISK at the command

line and press Enter. This brings up the

program interface.

• At least one partition is required. You

can use the entire drive as one partition

or you can divide it into several. Create

a partition and make it Active. You must

have an Active partition or you can not

start up the computer from the hard

disk. For more information on FDISK

consult your MS-DOS documentation.

• After the disk is partitioned, depend-

ing on your DOS version, you may need

to manually format the partion(s). Af-

ter the system restarts, type FORMAT

C: /S to format the C: drive. You must

use the /S switch or the system will

not be able to start up from this drive.

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