hey there. i have a Connor CP30174E that has some programs from a past computer. i need to slave it so that i can get GenericCAD off of it but can't find a way to get it to work. If you could help me i would greatly appreciate it.

This should help:First goto http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/conner/cp30174e.html This will show you the slave/jumper config. Set your other drive's jumpers to master. Then use Auto detect hard disk in BIOS/CMOS setup. This should find your C drive then your new D drive.(if all is well) Accept settings, write to CMOS and exit. Good Luck PS repost if you need more.

yeah i did that. the thing is my comp will autodetect it when it's set to master but when i try to slave it it won't autodetect. p.s. i went to the seagate website ;-)

Well! If your jumpers on the first drive are set to master,not single, check your cable. When I did mine, I didn't pay attention to the plug config and it took a while to figure that the center plug on the ribbon wire had to connect to the card so autodetect would find both drives instead of the first one in line(master or slave)Also I assumed the stock drive was set at master. But, it was set at single. Which caused a similar problem in whcich it wouldn't find D at all.Finally, after setting the jumpers on both drives,rechecking the cable,and autodetecting again (all more than once) It went together. I'm FAR from being a pro but, it's actually pretty easy.It's usually the little things that are overlooked or assumed. With patience, we'll get it done. It might take a few tries to work out the bugs, we'll getit. It sounds like your main drive is set at single.That would cause autodetect to look for the first master/single. At master, it then looks for slave.At single, it stops looking and decides no other drives connected.That could be why it detects your secondary only at master.Especially if it is first in line on the cable.If that be the case, it will report the drive's paramaters right,but will call it C:not D: It would also cause it not to look past your main drive when you set your second at slave.Cause single tells it last drive to detect, msater tells it to look for slave. Hope this helps and isn't too redundant PS.Make sur your main drive's jumpers are set at master not single(usual factory setting)