Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

Original Message

Name: RED DOG
Date: December 27, 2007 at 15:47:08 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?
OS: Win Xp
CPU/Ram: Intel Duo/1 GB
Model/Manufacturer: Dell/Inspiron

Comment:

Do I need to do anything ,like set master or slave? I connected and it show up as mass storage instead of Hard Disk Drives in my computer.

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Response Number 1

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: December 27, 2007 at 16:11:46 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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That's normal if you're using a USB connection. Is the drive formatted?
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Response Number 2

Name: RED DOG
Date: December 27, 2007 at 16:21:29 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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No, I can't find it! Only in Device Manager, I want to use it as a back up.

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Response Number 3

Name: XpUser
Date: December 27, 2007 at 16:33:20 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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To answer the question Do I need to do anything ,like set master or slave?
If the enclosure is USB2.0 type, the jumper must be set to MASTER. If the enclosure is firewire (IEEE 1394 compliance), it doesn't matter if the jumper is set as slave or master.
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Response Number 4

Name: RED DOG
Date: December 27, 2007 at 16:38:08 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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Thanks! XpUser.

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Response Number 5

Name: RED DOG
Date: December 27, 2007 at 19:41:58 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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well, i went looking for the jumpers,it not there just the sata power and sata connector/plug on the hard drive. could it be on the enclosure itself? if it is i could not find it. it's a seagate barracuda 320 GB.

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Response Number 6

Name: RED DOG
Date: December 27, 2007 at 21:44:19 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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never mind i figure it out!

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Response Number 7

Name: Dark666
Date: December 28, 2007 at 00:00:02 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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I have one enclosure that only works if the drive is set to master.
But normaly it does't matter.
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Response Number 8

Name: RED DOG
Date: December 28, 2007 at 05:41:38 Pacific
Subject: Prep. Hard Drive for enclosure?

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This is what I did to fix it. O.K., I partition it then assign a letter,them formatted it. Now it's working like it should. Thanks! It was a new unformatted drive. I think that was the problem, I should have said that at the beginning.

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