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Your computer comes with the hard disk drive (drive C:)
configured as the "Primary IDE Master." The system can
support up to four physical IDE drives (two on each
PCI/IDE connector). Choices include:
T
Primary Master
T
Primary Slave
T
Secondary Master
T
Secondary Slave.
The default setting for existing installed Primary Master
device is "Auto," meaning that the system automatically
detects the hard disk type and sets the remaining
parameters. The default setting for existing installed devices
is "None."
When set to Auto Detected, the BIOS detects what
the drive is capable of, not the translation
mechanism that was used to format the drive.
If a drive is run in a mode other than the mode in
which
unpredictable results may occur, including data loss.
4-8 Using Tools and Utilities
!
CAUTION
it
was
partitioned
and
formatted,
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