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Installing 2nd Harddrive
Name: kinetic Date: January 23, 2003 at 04:53:08 Pacific OS: win xp home CPU/Ram: 1.2gb duron amd /512mb dd
Comment:
Im trying to install 2nd hdd to turn my pc into an audio/video jukebox tryed to run both hdd of one cable tryed many variations of jumper settings including both on CS bios is set to IDE-O i have no instructions for either hdds wich are 1/MAXTOR 80GB ATA/133 2nd/WESTERN DIGITAL 80GB IDE 7200 8MB CACHE. can you tell me the easyest way to install them Thanks in advance John.
Name: efabes Date: January 23, 2003 at 10:16:02 Pacific
Reply:
Here is a link to the Western Digital document library - you can download the appropriate installation guide.
http://www.wdc.com/library/
The easiest way is to slave the new drive (middle connector) to your existing drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: jbtechie Date: January 23, 2003 at 10:19:31 Pacific
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Hook the western digital up first, set the jumper to master. Set the maxtor jump to slave. make sure you use an 80-wire cable. make sure your not using a cable select cable(easiest way to check is see if there is a tiny hole in the wires right above the motherboard connector.) set the bios to IDE-0 in the boot sequence. IDE-0 is the setting to have your system boot from the master drive on your primary IDE chain. good luck!
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Response Number 3
Name: jbtechie Date: January 23, 2003 at 10:20:37 Pacific
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oooopsie i didnt know one of your drives had an os on it already. whichever one has the os set to master and other to slave. see ya!
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