User manual FUJITSU 420D

[. . . ] Copyright Fujitsu PC Corporation has made every eVort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document. However, as ongoing development eVorts are continually improving the capabilities of our products, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the contents of this document. The following are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation:IBM, IBM PC AT, IBM PS/2. The following are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation:MS, MS-DOS, Windows NT, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95. [. . . ] To return to another menu, follow the directions in the Navigating Through The Setup Utility Section. (See page 46. ) Save Changes: Selecting Save Changes will cause the new settings in all menus to be written to the BIOS memory. When saving is complete the message Changes have been saved [Continue] will be displayed. To return to another menu, follow the directions in the Navigating Through The Setup Utility Section. 3. Find out details about the hard drive and the current Save-to-Disk space allocation. Re-allocate space and mark bad blocks in the space allocated to the Save-to-Disk function when a disk error has occurred. Find out how much space is needed to perform the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration and how much unused space is available on the internal hard drive. To find out how much space is needed to perform the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration and how much unused space is available on the internal hard drive, do the following: 1. Go to the MS-DOS prompt. Type CD C:\Fujitsu 73 Setting Up Your Save-To-Disk File Allocation Your notebook comes with an allocation of space on the internal hard drive adequate to operate the Save-to-Disk function for the amount of memory installed at the factory. If you add a RAM Module or do not use the Save-to-Disk function and wish to free up the disk space you will need to change the allocation. The utility to change the allocations is PHDISK. EXE and is activated from the MS-DOS prompt. PHDISK allows you to perform five different functions related to the Save-to-Disk space on the internal hard drive. The screen will display the amount disk space needed to perform the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration and how much unused space is available on the internal hard drive. To find out details about the hard dr ive and the current Save-to-Disk space allocation, do the following: 1. Go to the MS-DOS prompt. The screen will display the size of the space currently allocated to the Save-to-Disk function and other parameters about the space and the hard drive. To remove all space allocation for the Save-toDisk function, do the following: 1. Go to the MS-DOS prompt. The utility will remove the space allocation for the Save-to-Disk function and free that space for other use. To create a space allocation for the Save-to-Disk function, do the following: 1. Go to the MS-DOS prompt. The utility will create a Save-to-Disk file called SAVE2DSK. BINin the root directory. . support the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration. If you have had a read or write error when you tried to perform a Save-to-Disk operation you can re-allocate space to compensate for bad blocks on the drive. The utility will re-create the Save-to-Disk file called SAVE2DSK. BIN with the same usable size and any bad blocksmarked. . CAUTION Never use PARTITION instead of FILE with the PHDISK Utility or you will reformat the internal hard drive and all data, applications and operating system will be destroyed. 74 Section User Installable Features RAM Module . [. . . ] An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for connecting multiple (up to 7) high speed parallel devices to a computer. Serial Port A connection to another device through which data is transferred one bit at a time on a single wire with any other wires only f or control of the device not for transfer of data. Shadow RAM A technique of copying data or applications stored in ROM (Read Only Memory) into RAM (Random Access Memory) for access during actual operation. RAM is much faster to access than ROM, however ROM contents are not lost when power is removed. Shadowing allows permanently stored information to be rapidly accessed. [. . . ]