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Preparing and
Formatting the Drive
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Now that you've installed your new drive, made all the
proper connections, and replaced the case cover, you need
to let the computer know the new drive is there. This
is done through the BIOS Setup program.
CMOS Considerations
The CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) is
the chip that holds the information your motherboard's
BIOS has recorded on it. Some people use these terms interchangeably.
The BIOS reads the system information contained in the
CMOS, and then checks out the system and configures it.
Next, the BIOS looks for an operating system on the boot
drive (drive 1 or C: drive), launches that OS, and then
turns control over.
Once the BIOS setup is activated, most new BIOS's have
the IDE HDD Auto Detection option. This is a great improvement
over older BIOS programs that required you to know things
like the cylinders, heads, sectors, and so on. You need
to go through this process so your computer can register
the new drive and make it "visible" to your
OS.
In case you have one of these older BIOS's or the auto
detect didn't correctly ID your drive, you need to enter
this information manually. Your new drive will most likely
have this configuration information printed on a label
pasted to the top of the mounting chassis. You might also
find the information on the manufacturer's WWW site. Here's
a list of hard drive manufactures you can call:
Because every BIOS works a bit different, you need to
read the BIOS Setup instructions that came with your computer,
but some general instructions follow:
1. Go to User Defined Settings.
2. Enter the parameters from your drive. Usually, only
the Cyls (cylinders), Heads, and S/T (number of sectors
per track) are necessary; landing zone and capacity are
usually not required.
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