HP Notebook 100 Armada 100S Series Reference Guide - Page 45

IDE Settings, Virus Alert, Ultra DMA-33/66, Enabled, Disabled

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IDE Settings The "IDE Settings" item sets the type of the hard disk drive in your system. When this item is selected, the submenu will display as shown below. ( ) Standard ( ) Fast PIO ( ) Multiword DMA (• ) Ultra DMA-33/66 ( ) Disabled (• ) Enabled ( ) Disabled (• ) Enabled The "HDD Timing" item sets the fastest allowable data transmit mode of the hard drive. If data errors occur, use this setting to slow down data transfers. The default setting is Ultra DMA-33/66. The "I/O 32 bit transfer" item, if enabled, allows you to have better data transfer rate. This effect is more noticeable under DOS system. The default setting is Enabled. The "HDD Block transfer" item, if enabled, allows you to use hard disk with large capacity. The default setting is Enabled. Virus Alert The "Virus Alert" item, when enabled, gives warning messages if the hard disk boot sector (partition table) has been changed. When this item is selected, no submenu will display. A check mark (√) indicates Enabled; an underline (_) indicates Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. NOTE: Enabling the Virus Alert option may cause problems with some software applications. If a problem is suspected, disable the Virus Alert option after scanning the application with a trusted virus scan utility and retry the software. Setup Configuration Utility 5-9

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Setup Configuration Utility
5-9
IDE Settings
The “IDE Settings” item sets the type of the hard disk drive in your system.
When this item is selected, the submenu will display as shown below.
( ) Standard
( ) Disabled
( ) Fast PIO
(
) Enabled
( ) Multiword DMA
(
) Ultra DMA-33/66
( ) Disabled
(
) Enabled
The “HDD Timing” item sets the fastest allowable data transmit mode of the hard
drive. If data errors occur, use this setting to slow down data transfers. The default
setting is
Ultra DMA-33/66
.
The “I/O 32 bit transfer” item, if enabled, allows you to have better data transfer
rate. This effect is more noticeable under DOS system. The default setting is
Enabled
.
The “HDD Block transfer” item, if enabled, allows you to use hard disk with large
capacity. The default setting is
Enabled
.
Virus Alert
The “Virus Alert” item, when enabled, gives warning messages if the hard disk
boot sector (partition table) has been changed.
When this item is selected, no submenu will display. A check mark (
) indicates
Enabled
; an underline (_) indicates
Disabled
.
The default setting is
Disabled
.
NOTE:
Enabling the Virus Alert option may cause problems with some
software applications. If a problem is suspected, disable the Virus Alert
option after scanning the application with a trusted virus scan utility and
retry the software.