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Table of contents Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 What is Acronis True Image? ................................................................................... 6 What's new in Acronis True Image 8.0? .................................................................... 6 What is a disk image? .............................................................................................
Contents 7.4 Cloning with manual partitioning ............................................................................ 46 CHAPTER 8. ADDING A NEW HARD DISK...............................................................48 8.1 8.2 8.3 Selecting a hard disk............................................................................................. 48 Creating a new partition ........................................................................................ 49 Disk add script.....................
Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 What is Acronis True Image? Acronis True Image solves all backup problems, ensuring the safety of all information on your PC. Using it, you'll be able to create exact hard disk images, including all operating systems, applications and configuration files, software updates, personal settings and all of your data.
Introduction • Exception paging/hibernate files from images for the decreasing of image file size • Partition/disk image integrity check before restoration • Partition/disk file system integrity check after restoration • Logs viewing; • Two boot disk variants: complete and safe • Improved interface and performance 1.3 What is a disk image? A disk (partition) image is a file that contains a copy of all information stored on a disk.
Introduction Acronis True Image stores only those hard disk parts that contain data (for supported partition types). This reduces image size and speeds up image creation and restoration from. A partition image includes all files and folders independent of their attributes (including hidden and system files), boot record, FAT (file allocation table) and root. A disk image includes images of all disk partitions as well as the zero track with master boot record (MBR). 1.
Installation and operation Chapter 2. Installation and operation 2.1 Bundle contents The Acronis True Image system package includes: • an installation disk • user manual • License Agreement • registration card • advertising materials 2.
Installation and operation 2.4 Running Acronis True Image In normal mode, you can run Acronis True Image from Windows by selecting Acronis → True Image, from Start → Programs. This will bring the program window onto the screen. If your operating system does not load for some reason, you can run Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. However, this must be installed prior to use; see "Acronis Startup Recovery Manager" to learn more about this procedure.
General program information Chapter 3. General program information 3.1 Main program window The main program window contains the menu, toolbar and the Windows XP Explorer-like interface divided into two areas. The right area contains operation icons; the left one has corresponding action descriptions, typical actions and additional tools. The main program window The menu, toolbar and menu items in the left area duplicate themselves, providing more convenience.
General program information The New Disk Deployment group includes operations required when a new disk drive is installed: • Disk Clone – transfer operating system, applications and data from the old disk to the new one • Add New Disk – add a disk for data storage, leaving the operating system and applications on the old drive The Tasks group initially contains only one operation: • Add Scheduled Task – create a scheduled disk (partition) image creation or restoration task with specified time or periodicit
General program information Status bar In the bottom of the main window, there is a status bar divided into two parts. The left part briefly describes the selected operation; the right one indicates image operation progress and results. A double-click on the operation progress line opens the operation progress window. If you double-click on the operation results, you will see the logs window (see "Viewing logs").
General program information If you create a zone, it will be listed after all PC disks available for image creation and restoration. The Acronis Secure Zone is primarily meant to be used with Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (see below). It can be used to store both images and data. The zone is primarily made to manually or automatically create and restore disk images safely. Therefore it is always available for image creation as long as there is space for it.
General program information Enter the size of the zone or drag the slider. In the next window, you will see a zone creation script containing the list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image will start creating the zone. Progress will be reflected in the opened window. If necessary, you can stop zone creation by clicking Cancel. However, the script will be canceled only after the current operation is finished.
General program information Set the new size for Acronis Secure Zone. In the next window, you will see a zone resize script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image will start resizing the zone. Progress will be reflected in the opened window. If necessary, you can stop zone creation by clicking Cancel. However, the script will be canceled only after the current operation is finished.
General program information You can always check how much free space left in Acronis Secure Zone on the second page of the Manage Acronis Secure Zone wizard. 3.2.4 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone When you are prompted by the wizard, select Remove Acronis Secure Zone. Select partitions to which you want to add the space freed from Acronis Secure Zone. In the next window, you will see a zone deletion script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks).
General program information To use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (it must be activated), turn on your PC and press F11, when you see the "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager" message. This will run a standalone version of Acronis True Image that only slightly differs from the complete version. For information on restoring damaged partitions, see Chapter 5. Be careful! Disk letters in standalone Acronis True Image might sometimes differ from Windows notation.
Creating a partition (disk) image Chapter 4. Creating a partition (disk) image Disk (partition) image creation means backing up all data stored on your PC. With the image, you can restore your PC after failure and protect yourself from hard disk data losses. 4.1 Selecting partitions In the Select partitions for backup window, you will see the hard disk layout of your PC. Flag a partition to select it. Flag a whole disk to select all its partitions to image.
Creating a partition (disk) image Image mode selection A complete image contains all hard disk data, so it takes a lot of space. Acronis True Image does not include swap file information (win386.swp under Windows 98/Me and pagefile.sys under Windows NT/2000/XP), or hiberfil.sys (a file that keeps RAM contents when the computer goes into hibernation). This considerably reduces the image size and increases the speed of creating the image.
Creating a partition (disk) image 4.3 Selecting image location If you need to create a complete image, you must specify its location on a storage device: • Acronis Secure Zone (see "Acronis Secure Zone") • hard disk • network disk • removable media drive, such as CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Iomega Zip or Iomega Jaz. Image location selection Select the image location in the disk tree. In the File name field, enter image file name. If you select Acronis Secure Zone, you don't have to provide a name.
Creating a partition (disk) image If there is not enough space, Acronis True Image will warn you and wait for your decision. You can try to free some additional space and continue or stop Acronis True Image, free some space and re-execute the procedure. Image file size selection FAT16 and FAT32 file systems have a 4 GB limit for maximum file sizes. FAT32 is currently the most popular end user file system.
Creating a partition (disk) image If you select None, all data will be transferred into an image file as they are, increasing the image size. Maximum compression might reduce the program performance and prolong image creation. Image data compression level selection The optimal data compression level depends on disk (partition) file types and can only be understood empirically. Usually, it is recommended that you leave the switch in the Normal position.
Creating a partition (disk) image Image password protection If you try to restore data from a password-protected image, Acronis True Image will ask for the password in a special window, allowing access only to authorized users. 4.7 Providing comments On the Image Archive Comments wizard page, you’ll be able to provide an archive file with comments about the PC and its user, the hard disk, partition data, image creation time, and any peculiarities and conditions.
Creating a partition (disk) image The more details you provide in the comments, the better. If you don’t provide comments, you might mistake images and restore the wrong system partition, for example. 4.8 Image creation script In the next window, you will see a disk or partition image creation script containing a list of operations to be performed. Image creation script All operations of a partition (disk) image creation in an archive file are delayed in Acronis True Image.
Creating a partition (disk) image 4.9 Selecting image creation priority After image creation is started, an icon appears in the System Tray (see section 3.1 of this Guide). Clicking this indicator you invoke the menu of image creation priority selection: Low, Normal or High. Normal is selected by default. 26 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Chapter 5. Restoring a disk (partition) from an image As mentioned above (see "Running Acronis True Image"), Acronis True Image can be run in several ways. However, disk restoration is always performed just one way. We recommend that you restore disks using Windows, only using other methods if Windows doesn’t load. The boot disk (e.g. a CD) from which you loaded the program does not keep you from using other CDs with images.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image If you are to restore an image from removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD first and then insert them in order starting from the one created first. If you provided a comment to the image, it will help you know if you selected the right image to restore. The comment is displayed in the right part of the window. Note that the comment can be seen without entering a password for a protected image.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Select a partition to restore During a single session, you can restore several partitions or disks, one by one, by selecting one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these actions for every partition or disk to be restored. Select the necessary partition and click Next. 5.4 Selecting a location to restore to As a rule, you should restore an image to the same partition from which that the image was created.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Select partition to restore image to All the data stored on the restored partition will be replaced by the image data, so be careful and watch for non-backed-up data that you might need. 5.5 Selecting partition type When restoring a partition, you can change its type, though it’s not required in most cases. To explain why you might need to do this, let’s imagine that both OS and data were stored on the same primary partition on the damaged disk.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image If you need only the data, you do not have to create another primary partition. In this case, you can restore the partition as a logical partition to access the data only. But if you are to restore a system partition, you should select the Primary type for it. Finally, if you want to load an operating system from it, select Active as well. Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your PC from booting. 5.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image operable after you restore a partition and change its file system. These can be normally restored on a FAT16 partition only. However, you can easily convert a FAT16 partition with newer OS into FAT32. The operating systems summary is provided in Appendix A. 5.7 Selecting restored partition size In some cases, you might need to change the partition configuration and size during restoration. Acronis True Image is flexible enough to do this.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image 5.8 Assigning a letter to a partition Windows utilizes letters to identify disks and partitions, automatically assigning them at loading. Under Windows NT/2000/XP, Acronis True Image enables you to assign any unused letter to a restored partition (logical disk). To do this, select Yes, I want to assign a logical drive letter to restored partition. If you don’t set this switch, no letters will be assigned to the restored partition, hiding it from OS.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Checking file system integrity after restoration This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image. Only FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems integrity can be checked. 5.10 Restoring several partitions at once You can restore several partitions during a single session. To do this, select Yes, I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive in the Next Selection window and click Next.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image After this, you will see the partition selection window again and will have to repeat the actions mentioned above. If you want to restore only one disk (partition) or have already selected all of the partitions you need, don’t set this switch and click Next. 5.11 Restoration script In the next window, you will see a disk or partition image restoration script containing a list of operations to be performed.
Browsing and restoring individual files Chapter 6. Browsing and restoring individual files To browse and restore individual files, Acronis True Image can connect images as virtual drives, thus letting you access them as though they were a physical drive.
Browsing and restoring individual files If the selected image file is not protected by a password, you will immediately see the image comment along with the list of stored partitions. If the file is protected by a password, you will see only the comment. Selecting partitions to connect and letter assignment You must select a partition to connect as a virtual disk. Note that you can’t connect the entire disk.
Transferring the system to a new disk Chapter 7. Transferring the system to a new disk 7.1 General information Sooner or later, many PC users find that their hard disk is too small. If you just don’t have space for more data, you can add another disk just for data storage as described in the following chapter. However, you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and installed applications, preventing you from updating your software.
Transferring the system to a new disk • leave partitions (and data!) on the old disk • remove all information from the old disk • Create new partitions on the old disk (and remove all the older information) On all screenshots below, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks for errors using corresponding operating system tools. 7.
Transferring the system to a new disk We recommend using automatic mode in most cases. The manual mode can be useful if you need to change the disk partition layout. If the program finds two disks, one partitioned and another unpartitioned, it will automatically recognize the source disk as the partitioned disk and the destination disk as the unpartitioned disk, so the next two steps will be bypassed.
Transferring the system to a new disk The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as destination and bypass this step. Partitioned destination disk At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Partitioned destination disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with data.
Transferring the system to a new disk You will have to select between: • Delete partitions on the destination hard disk – all existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost. • No, I do not want to delete partitions – no existing partition will be deleted, discontinuing the cloning operation. You will only be able to cancel this operation and return to select another disk. To continue, select the first choice and click Next.
Transferring the system to a new disk If you are going to sell or give away your old disk, we recommend that you make sure you destroyed the data on it. If you are going to keep it for data storage, you can create a new partition layout on it. In this case, the disk will be ready right after cloning is complete. To protect yourself from unforeseen consequences, it would be better to leave the old disk data intact, as you will be able to delete it later.
Transferring the system to a new disk If you elect to transfer information "as is," a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type, file system and label. The unused space will become unallocated. Further, you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools, such as Acronis Partition Expert. As a rule, "as is" transfers are inexpedient, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.
Transferring the system to a new disk Having completed the required steps, you will add a new partition. To create another one, simply repeat those steps. If you make a mistake, click Back to redo. After you create the necessary partitions, uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next. Old and new disk partition layouts In the next window, you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk, including its partitions and unallocated space, as well as the new disk layout.
Transferring the system to a new disk Disk partitioning script After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. In that case, you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the cloning procedure. After the operation is complete, you will see the results message. 7.
Transferring the system to a new disk To resize either partition, check the Proceed Relayout box. If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown, uncheck this box (if checked). Clicking Next, you will proceed to the cloning script window. Be careful! Clicking Back in this window will reset all size and location changes that you've selected, so you will have to specify them again. First, select a partition to resize. It will be underlined in red. Resize and relocate it on the next step.
Adding a new hard disk Chapter 8. Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space for your data (e.g. family photos and videos), you can either replace the old disk with a new higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter), or add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. If the PC has space for another disk, it would be easier to add a disk drive than to clone one. To add a new disk, you must first install it in your PC.
Adding a new hard disk 8.2 Creating a new partition Next you will see the current partition layout. Initially, all disk space will be unallocated. This will change after you add new partitions. To create a partition, select Create new partition in unallocated space and click Next to perform steps required by the partition creation wizard. If you make a mistake at partitioning, click Back to redo the process.
Scheduled tasks Chapter 9. Scheduled tasks Acronis True Image allows you to schedule tasks you created, so you won't have to remember the last time you imaged your disks. It will do this for you to guarantee the safety of your data. You can create more than one independently scheduled task. For example, you can image your work documents daily and back up the application disk only weekly. This reduces the number of imaging operations and provides nearly the same data safety.
Scheduled tasks Having selected partitions and/or disks, click Next. Note that this button is disabled until at least one partition or disk is selected. Other parameters are set further in the same way as described in Chapter 4 related to image creation. Selecting task periodicity After you set image parameters, you must set task execution periodicity. • Daily – a task will be executed daily at the specified time (selected on the next step) Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Scheduled tasks • Don't start automatically – a task will not be executed.
Scheduled tasks You can execute the task even if your PC is turned off at the specified time. To do this, select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case, the task will be executed at the next startup. Setting up weekly execution If you select the weekly execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. The first is the Start time (hours and minutes).
Scheduled tasks You can execute the task even if your PC is turned off at the specified time. To do this, select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case, the task will be executed at the next startup. Setting up one-time execution If you select the weekly execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. The first is the Start time (hours and minutes), followed by the Start date. 54 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Scheduled tasks You can execute the task even if your PC is turned off at the specified time. To do this, select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case, the task will be executed at the next startup. Entering user name Under Windows NT/2000/XP, you will have to specify the name of the user who owns the executed task; otherwise no scheduled execution will be available. In the upper field, enter a user name.
Scheduled tasks Edit allows to change any task parameters. This is performed in the same way as creation with two exceptions. First, there will be specified parameters instead of the default, so you won't have to enter them again. Second, after you make changes, you will be asked about execution order. That is, you will be able to change image creation parameters like location without touching its execution periodicity and time (though you can change that as well.
Other operations Chapter 10. Other operations 10.1 Checking images To be assured that your images are not damaged, you can check their integrity. To do this, select Check Image in the Tools group (expand it if it's not) or click Check Image on the toolbar. You will see the first wizard window. Click Next to continue. Selecting image for checking In this window, you will see the complete list of connected storage devices, including hard disks and other drives.
Other operations 10.2 Creating bootable media In some cases, Acronis True Image can be run only from a special bootable diskette or CD. Such a case might be if your PC doesn’t boot up normally. If you’ve purchased the program on a CD, it will already be bootable. You can also create bootable media during or after the installation. For this, you will need a CD-R/RW blank, five formatted diskettes (or two for the safe variant), or any other media your PC can boot from, such as a Zip drive.
Other operations The left panel can contain up to 50 logs. If there are more, you can browse the list using the More and Less buttons with the left and right arrows. To delete a log, select it and click Delete. If any step was terminated by an error, the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white cross inside. The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log.
Troubleshooting Chapter 11. Troubleshooting 11.1 Recovering Acronis True Image If Acronis True Image ceases running or produces errors, its files might be corrupted. To fix it, you will have to recover the program. To do this, run the installer again. It will detect Acronis True Image on your PC and will ask you if you want to recover (update) or remove it. Click Recover and click Proceed. 11.
Troubleshooting Can Easy CD Creator 4.x–5.0 impede Acronis True Image? Easy CD Creator 4.x and 5.0 automatically installs an old version of Take Two® backup utility that is no longer supported by its manufacturer, Roxio. If Acronis True Image 8.0 detects this utility, it shows you the following message in the beginning of image creation: "Can’t create the image of the logical disk, as it’s already used by a running application. Please close all other applications and try again.
Troubleshooting In some cases, especially when there’s a domain controller installed in the network, you have to specify server or domain name before username. You must enter a username like SERVER\USER or DOMAIN\USER. I received the "Can’t create image of disk D:, because it’s already used by applications or contains bad sectors" error message, where D: stands for my logical disk, when I tried to create an image under Windows. Your logical disk might contain bad sectors.
Troubleshooting 6. Reboot. We recommend that you read Microsoft’s sysprep articles available in relation to Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP. How can I burn Acronis True Image images to DVD disks? Acronis True Image can burn images to DVD disks under Windows if you have DVD UDF recording software installed. The DVD disk must be formatted.
Troubleshooting you can’t solve by yourself using this manual and the readme.txt file, e-mail the technical support team. Before you do this, you will have http://www.acronis.com/registration/ or by mail. to register your copy at When e-mailing technical support, you must provide the number of your Acronis True Image copy that is written on a registration card bundled with the program.
Appendix A Partitions and file systems Appendix A. Partitions and file systems A.1 Hard disk partitions The mechanism that allows you to install several operating systems on a single PC or to carve up a single physical disk drive into multiple “logical” disk drives is called partitioning. Partitioning is performed by special applications. In MS-DOS and Windows, these are FDISK and Disk Administrator.
Appendix A Partitions and file systems A.2.1 FAT16 The FAT16 file system is widely used by DOS (DR-DOS, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, PTS-DOS and other), Windows 98/Me, and Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems and is supported by most other systems. Main features of FAT16 are the file allocation table (FAT) and clusters. FAT is the core of the file system. To increase data safety, it is possible to have several copies of the FAT (there are usually two of them) on a single disk.
Appendix A Partitions and file systems Like FAT, NTFS uses clusters to store files, but cluster size does not depend on partition size. NTFS is a 64-bit file system. It uses unicode to store file names. It is also a journaling (failure-protected) file system, and supports compression and encryption. Files in folders are indexed to speed up file search. A.2.4 Linux Ext2 Ext2 is one of the main file systems for the Linux operating system. Ext2 is a 32-bit system. Its maximum size is 16TB.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Appendix B. Hard disks and BIOS setup The appendices below provide you with extra information on the hard disk organization, how information is stored on disks, how disks should be installed in the computer and plugged into the motherboard, configuring disks with BIOS, partitions and file systems, and how operating systems interact with disks. B.1 Installing hard disks in computers B.1.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup 10. After finishing the work, turn off the computer, set the jumper on the disk to the master position if you want to make the disk bootable (or leave it in slave position if the disk is installed as additional data storage). B.1.2 Motherboard sockets, IDE cable, power cable There are two slots on the motherboard to which the hard disks can be connected: primary IDE and secondary IDE.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup B.1.3 Installation modes, jumpers 1. A hard disk can be installed in a computer as master or as slave. The mode of hard disk installation is defined by the position of special connectors (called jumpers) on the hard disk. The jumpers are either located on the electronic board of the hard disk or a special socket that provides for the connection of the hard disk and the motherboard. There is usually a sticker on the drive that explains the markings.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup B.2 BIOS When you turn on your computer, you often see a number of short text messages before you see the splash screen of your operating system. These messages are from the POST (power-on self test) program that belongs to BIOS and is executed by the processor. BIOS, or the basic input/output system, is a program that resides in the permanent memory chip (ROM or flash BIOS) on the motherboard of your computer and is its key element.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Parameter Type Value 1-47, Not Installed, Auto Purpose Type 0 or Not Installed is used when there is no hard disk installed (to uninstall it). Type 47 is reserved for user-defined parameters or for parameters detected by the IDE Auto detection utility. Auto value allows for automatic detection of IDE disk parameters during the boot sequence. Cylinder (Cyl) 1-65535 The number of cylinders on a hard disk. For IDE disks, a logical number of cylinders is specified.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup For example, to demonstrate the main features of Acronis True Image we used a QuantumTM FireballTM TM1700A hard disk as one of the disks in our examples. Its parameters have the following values: Parameter Value Type Auto Cylinder (Cyl) 827 Heads (Hd) 64 Sectors (Sec) 63 Mode Auto CHS 1707 MB Maximum LBA Capacity 1707 MB In BIOS setup, you can set the Type parameter to User Type HDD (user-defined type).
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Please note that boot sequence management differs for various BIOS versions, e.g. for AMI BIOS, AWARDBIOS and brand-name hardware manufacturers. Several years ago, the operating system boot sequence was hard-coded into the BIOS. An operating system could be booted either from a diskette (drive A:), or from the hard disk C:. That was the sequence in which the BIOS queried external drives: if drive A: was ready, BIOS attempted to boot an operating system from a diskette.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup B.2.4 AwardBIOS Below, we provide an example of configuring hard disks in AwardBIOS. The Main AwardBIOS menu, which is responsible for configuring hard disks on motherboards for Celeron, Pentium II-III and AMD-K6/K7 processors usually looks like this: AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Exit System Time System Date [16:16:35] [01/10/2001] Item Specific Help: Legacy Diskette A Legacy Diskette B Floppy 3 Mode Support [1.44M, 3.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Place the marker on the Primary Master line and press the Enter key to get to the screen that looks like this: AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Primary Master [Auto] Type [Auto] Item Specific Help: to select the type of the IDE drive. [User Type HDD] allows you to set each entry on your own. Warning: Ultra DMA Mode 3/4/5 can be enabled only when BIOS detects Shielded 80-pin cable.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Use the Up and Down keys to select the User Type HDD value and press the Enter key to get to the following screen: AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Primary Master [User Type HDD] Item Specific Help: Type Translation Mode [User Type HDD] [LBA] to select the type of the IDE drive. Cylinders Head Sector CHS Capacity [………0] [……0] […0] 0MB [User Type HDD] allows you to set each entry on your own.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup New versions of AwardBIOS menu have the Boot item. The screen of the Boot menu, which is responsible for adjusting the boot sequence, looks like this: AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Exit 1. ATAPI CD-ROM 2. Removable Device [None] [Legacy Floppy] Boot Sequence: 3. IDE Hard Drive 4.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Select an item of the list with the Up or Down keys and move the device up the list or down it with help of + or - keys. This will change the boot sequence. For example, you can select the boot sequence as the one shown below: AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Exit 1. Removable Device 2. ATAPI CD-ROM [Legacy Floppy] [None] Boot Sequence: 3. IDE Hard Drive 4.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JA2A) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) : Fri, : 11: HARD DISKS Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave : : : : : May 33: 15 53 1998 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive A : 1.
Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZATION HARD DRIVE This message appears when it is impossible to access the C: disk. If the disk is known to be functional, the reason for this error message is probably incorrect settings/connections of: • hard disk parameters in BIOS setup • jumpers on the controller (master/slave) • interface cables It is also possible that the device is out of order, or the hard disk is not formatted.
