Gateway Computer Drive User Manual

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28Chapter 3: Installing a New Drivewww.gateway.comConfiguring the BIOSIf you are installing a SCSI drive, you do not need to configure the BIOS. Theinstallation is complete.A boot drive is a drive that can be used to start your computer. If you havemultiple boot drives, you can specify their boot order. For example, setting adiskette drive as a first boot device and setting a Zip drive as a second bootdevice specifies that your computer first checks the diskette drive for a diskettecontaining computer startup files, then it checks the Zip drive for a diskcontaining computer startup files. If it fails to find either, it continues to startfrom the hard drive.Older computers may not have boot support for some drives. If your computerdoes not support all drives, those drives will not be available in the boot devicesection of the BIOS, so you must update your BIOS. For more information, seeyour computer user’s guide.After you install your drive, open the BIOS Setup utility and make sure thatthe computer recognizes your drive and that the boot order of your computeris correct.To configure the BIOS:1 Press F2 while restarting your computer to open the BIOS Setup utility.Some older computer models require you to press F1 instead.2 Press the right arrow key to open the Advanced menu, then set the masterand slave settings for the Primary and Secondary PCI IDE Interface to AutoConfigured.Navigate among the menus and selections by pressing the arrow keys.Change selection values by pressing + or - .3 If you want to start (boot) from your drive, go to the next step. Otherwise,go to Step 8.4 If your computer uses a Phoenix BIOS, press the right arrow key to openthe Boot Options menu.- OR -If your computer uses an AMI BIOS, configure each device independentlyfrom the Main menu.