The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide

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The Definitive
BIOS Optimization Guide

by Adrian Wong

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Common Options : Enabled, Disabled

Details

This feature controls whether the BIOS checks for a floppy drive while booting up. If it cannot detect one (either due to improper configuration or physical inavailability), it will flash an error message.

It will also query the floppy drive to find out if it has 40 or 80 tracks. But since all floppy drives in use today have 80 tracks, this check is redundant. This feature should be set as Disabled for a faster booting process.

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Last Updated 19-01-2002

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