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System Time resets the time on the computer's internal clock.

Time is kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes:seconds). To change the time, press the left- or right-arrow keys to select a field,

and then press <+> or <-> to increase or decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type numbers in each of the fields.

System Date

System Date resets the date on the computer's internal calendar.

Your system automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the month, day-of-month, and year fields.

To change the date, press the left- or right-arrow keys to select a field, and then press <+> or <-> to increase or decrease the

number. If you prefer, you can type numbers in the day-of-month and year fields.

Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B

Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B identify the type of diskette drives installed in your computer. With the standard cabling

configuration, Diskette Drive A (the boot diskette drive) is the 3.5-inch diskette drive installed in the top externally accessible drive

bay; Diskette Drive B is any drive installed in the bottom externally accessible drive bay that is connected to the system's

diskette/tape drive interface.

The category options always match the physical locations of the drives in your computer—the first drive listed is the top drive in

your computer.

The Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B categories have the following options:

5.25 Inch, 360 KB

5.25 Inch, 1.2 MB

3.5 Inch, 720 KB

3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB

Not Installed

NOTE: Tape drives are not reflected in the Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B categories. For example, if you have a

single diskette drive and a tape drive attached to the diskette/tape drive interface cable, set Diskette Drive A to match

the characteristics of the diskette drive and set Diskette Drive B to Not Installed.

Primary Drive n and Secondary Drive n

Primary Drive n identifies drives attached to the primary enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) interface connector (labeled

"IDE1") on the system board; Secondary Drive n identifies drives connected to the secondary EIDE interface connector (labeled

"IDE2"). It is recommended that you use the secondary EIDE interface connector for EIDE CD-ROM and EIDE tape drives.

NOTES: For all devices obtained from Dell that use the built-in EIDE controller, set the appropriate Drive category to

Auto.

You must have an EIDE device connected to the primary EIDE interface if you have an EIDE device connected to the

secondary EIDE interface.

These four categories identify the type of EIDE devices installed in the computer. For each drive, five parameters can be chosen as

a group by drive-type number, entered individually from the keyboard, or set automatically. A drive-type number specifies the

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