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Add a slave drive
Name: Ted Date: November 23, 1999 at 14:34:44 Pacific
Comment:
I've been given a used hard drive which I will hopefully be installing as a slave drive in my computer. The problem is I was not given any software with it. Is this software necessary or will the computer recognize the drive automatically.
Name: luro Date: November 23, 1999 at 14:40:50 Pacific
Reply:
The system (windows?) should find the drive by itself. (Except if it is a SCSI drive and you don't have a SCSI controler card, but in this case u should not be able to plug it...)
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Response Number 2
Name: Duo Date: November 23, 1999 at 14:53:27 Pacific
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Make sure your hard disk have a correct jump setting, a slave. No software requested.
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Response Number 3
Name: Steve Lundqvist Date: November 23, 1999 at 14:55:00 Pacific
Reply:
you should also have to ste the jumpers on the secondary drive to slave. If you don't have the manual for the drive then look up the manufacturer and go to their website, and you should find the right way to set them up.
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Response Number 4
Name: Al Date: November 23, 1999 at 16:05:18 Pacific
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Summary: Hi:I have a master Drive in the primary IDE ,what should I do to add a slave HDD , do I have to Fdisk & partitions & formating many thanks....
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