Compaq Evo D300v Series - Manual (Page 42)

Setup Utility (Intel Celeron Models)
Computer Setup (Continued)
Heading Option Description
Storage
(continued) Device Configuration
(continued)
CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation
mode selected automatically by the
BIOS should not be changed. If the
selected translation mode is not
compatible with the translation mode that
was active when the disk was partitioned
and formatted, the data on the disk will
be inaccessible.
Translation Parameters (IDE Disks only)
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical
cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used
by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from
the operating system or an application) into
terms the hard drive can accept. Logical
cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of
heads may not exceed 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.
Options Removable Media Boot
Enables/disables ability to boot the system
from removable media.
After saving changes to Removable
Media Boot, the computer will restart.
Turn the computer off, then on,
manually.
Removable Media Write
Enables/disables ability to write data to
removable media.
This feature applies only to legacy
diskette, IDE LS-120 Superdisk, and
IDEPD-CD drives.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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