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There are jumpers on the drive itself that can be configured to set it up as a master or a slave. Refer to your hard drive's documentation for the pins to use for these configurations.
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If a CD drive and a hard drive are sharing the same data cable in a computer system what type of connection is the CD drive using Which of the two drives should be set to master which to slave?
IF the CD drive shares an IDE channel with a hard drive, make the hard drive the master and the CD drive the slave.
Can a CD Rom and Hard Drive be on same ribbon cable?
Yes. Just check the jumpers to make sure ones set to master and ones set to slave.
Can you transfer info between 2 hard drives if you use one for internet browsing and the other for work and storage?
Yes you can transfer files between 2 hard drives. Make one hard drive a slave and another the master.
Can you take a master hard drive with windows installed on it and put it in another PC as the master?
Yes, but make sure first that you have the Windows' CD for 98 or XP or whatever on hand, so if/when it asks for it you can put it in ( it does not have to be OEM - a good burnt copy works.) If you can't, you will have to use it as a slave drive.
You have 2h drives you keep only 1 connected do you know how to make 1 hard drive master and another hard drive a slave?
if you r having 2h read the instruction given on the top of the hd because the jumpher setting for different hd may be different.so make one hd master with slave by putting the jumpher(connector of two pins)in aapropriate no pin pair and make another slave coneect the two hard disks with the ide cable(do it after turnning off your computer).after then start your computer for clarification check your BIOS setting whether whatever you have don is right or not.in BIOS main section the information about master and slave is given.if your problem yet persist then either mail me or contact any expert.AnswerTo make one Hard Drive master and one slave you will have to find jumper setting menu that is located on the top side of hard drive if nothing is there then find a little table on the hard drives controller (Circuit Card). If no jumper pins located between IDE CABLE CHANNEL and POWER CONNECTOR CHANNEL then find the jumpers on the Hard Disk Controller (Circuit Card), theses may be tiny jumpers.If there are no instruction there and you find just jumper pins , see near the jumper pins you may find (JS,CS,DS) WHERE DS is master .For slave try removing jumper to free all jumper pins then attach this hdisk with your hard disk and check (Make sure you always go to bios and detect it )Otherwise remove the cdrom and attach the second hard drive in place of cdrom.
How to change a secondary hard drive to a primary hard drive?
First partition, don't change anything about the jumpers. If your hard drive is set to master, it will stay master on that partition so it will only make the hard drive as you wish, ''" master or slave ''" .. Second.. Load the cable at the end of the cable will make master. Here's the deal how to 1 on your motherboard beside the ribbon from your hard drive the plastic cap with some pin in it it 1 say primary beside and 1 say secondary. Simply open your computer change the hard drive cable from the 1 hard drive to the other 1 hard drive. 1- The easiest way here is to open your case change your ribbon (40 pin) from one hard drive and change it to the other hard drive jumper configuration might be required simple manual easy to configure its a little pin on the back of the hard drive between the power connector and the ribbon tha plastic removable cap 2- If you have 2 hard drive on the same ribbon, those 2 hard drive will be set on the same thing so as primary u will have to get another ribbon plug into your computer board and put one hard drive to that new ribbon and it will make it secondary so the ribbon you have is your primary. 3- I hope you get it about the ribbon. One ribbon is your primary and the other is your secondary dont mess up. There is normally 2 plugs on 1 ribbon. Don't mistake by saying 1 plug is primary and the other is secondary. It's just a master and a slave that's it if you change plug from one hard drive to the other there you can talk jumper but you might need in order to work in your bios to change the startup hard drive on windows and also get to configure jumpers.
How do you install two hard drives on one PC using the smaller-slower drive for the OS and the Applications and the larger-faster drive for your data?
You understand you're taking a performance hit by using the slower drive for OS and Apps? But anyways...Your old drive will be the Master on the primary IDE and the new drive will be the Master on the secondary IDE. Make any CD/DVD drive slaves. Master/Slave configs are done by jumpers on the drive. You can find the setting either on the drive itself, or at the company's website.
How do you replace a hard drive?
== == For illustrated pictures depicting how to remove and install a hard drivesee: http://www.fonerbooks.com/r_hard.htmby Ranger22 You can also click on the Web Link to the left of this answer, below the blue section. It's not that hard to install a hard drive if you are handy with tools and repairs. But there are a few things you need to know. Depending upon whether you are keeping your old hard drive, and will now have two hard drives, or if you are getting rid of your old hard drive and will only have one hard drive, determines where you plug in the IDE cable and how you set the jumpers. Of course you might have bought a new CD burner and a second hard drive and want to install them both. So there are a variety of possibilities. No matter what your case may be, the two most important things are how the IDE plugs and jumpers are configured. The power supply cable can only go in one way, so that's easy. The power supply is a 4 pin connector.IDE Interface cable: (Also called "Ribbon Cable") * The IDE cable is flat, usually gray, about 2" wide and has three plugs on it. The plugs are 40-pin connectors. One end plugs into the motherboard, and might be blue. You don't have to worry about that end, just leave it where it is. At the extreme other end of the IDE cable, opposite the mother board is the PRIMARY DRIVE (MASTER) connector. Then there is a plug in the middle that is the SECONDARY DRIVE (SLAVE) connector. The MASTER connector on the end might be black, and the SLAVE connector in the middle may be gray. Make sure the MASTER connector is plugged into the Master drive, and the SLAVE connector is plugged into the slave drive. The most important thing to understand with the whole Master/Slave thing, is that the hard drive that boots up your computer must be set as the MASTER. The second thing to understand is this: If there are two drives on one IDE cable, then there must be a Master and a Slave, or both drives must be set to "Cable Select". * If there is only one drive on the IDE cable, then it must be plugged into the end plug, which is the Master plug. Jumper Block, Jumper * At the back of the drive, along with the power supply slot and the IDE slot is the Jumper Block. The Jumper Block has a little, tiny plug in it that connects two of the pins. That little plastic plug is called the jumper. Depending upon where the jumper is plugged into, determines whether the drive is set up as the Master or the Slave. There are 4 possible jumper settings. The jumper setting depends upon how many drives are on the IDE cable and whether the drive is a Master or a Slave.The 4 settings are: * Cable Select - (Usually the default setting) The jumper plug is usually all the way to one side nearest the power supply plug. If your system supports "Cable Select", then the system determines which will be the Master and which will be the Slave. If one drive on the IDE cable is set to "Cable Select", then the other drive must also be set to "Cable Select". You can't have your Master drive set as "Cable Select" and the other drive set as the Slave. If you aren't sure whether you system supports Cable Select, then you can use the standard jumper settings described below. * Master - For when two drives share the same IDE Cable. The hard drive that is booting up your computer must be the Master. Master is also denoted by "Single" on older hard drives. * Slave - Also for two drives * Single - The jumper plug is not present. For one drive on the IDE Cable. MASTER/SLAVEHow many drives? * The computer probably has two IDE cables, with two drive plugs on each cable. This gives you the option of having up to 4 different drives, in many different configurations. * You could have 2 hard drives and 2 CD drives. Most computers come with one hard drive on one IDE cable, and a CD drive on the other IDE cable. * People often put an extra CD drive in so they can burn from one CD to another CD. You could have the hard drive on one IDE cable and the two CD drives on the other IDE cable. * Having a second hard drive is really the way to go for backing up your data. Depending upon how many drives you have in your computer, will depend on how you need to set the jumper , you will need to: plug. And as explained above, there are a few different possibilities.1) No matter what the new configuration is: * Unplug all the cords at the back of the computer. * Remove the cover on the side of the computer * Make a note of how your IDE cables are plugged in. 2) If you are removing a drive:Unplug the power supply from the drive (The 4 wire connector)Unplug the IDE cable (2" wide, flat, gray)Unplug any other wires (Sometimes a 2 wire plug on CD drives)Remove the screws on both sides of the driveSlide the old hard drive or CD drive out.If you are simply putting a new hard drive in place of the old one, check the old hard drive for where the jumper plug is. Check to see if the new hard drive is set the same. If you are saving the old hard drive or need to copy data off it, thenyou will need to install both hard drives. When I bought a new Western Digital hard drive, my old hard drive was still working, and I installed the new hard drive as the slave. The Western Digital hard drive came with software to copy everything from my old hard drive to the new hard drive, and make the new hard drive bootable.If you need to retrieve data off your old hard drive, and the computer won't boot up, then go to the question: How do I get data off my hard drive?You will need something like tweezers or something very small to get the jumper out. The jumper is usually a little piece of white or black plastic, and it's very small.Sometimes the hard drive will have letters stamped into the metal to indicate which slot is the Master and which slot is the Slave. 3) Make sure the jumper on the drive that will boot the computer is set to Master or Cable Select. Cable Select can only be used if BOTH drives are set to Cable Select. If you just bought a new computer and are putting an old hard drive into the new computer, the hard drive in the new computer will already have the jumper plugged into the Master slot or Cable Select. 4) Put the old drive into an open slot in the new PC and secure it with screws5) Connect the open connector from the same cable as the existing hard drive of the new PC. Most computers have two IDE cables. Each of the cables has two plugs on it.6) Boot up the new PC7) In Windows Explorer you should see your old drive now as a different drive letter. I have two hard drives on one IDE cable and two CD drives on the second IDE cable. In my computer, my second hard drive shows up as F: drive. My two CD drives show up as D: and E: drive. My original hard drive shows up as C: drive. 8) In Windows Explorer you can copy or move files to your new drive. I like to right click the Start button, and choose "Explore" as a fast way to get into Windows Explorer.
How do you install a hard drive with windows 98se from and old computer to a new computer as a slave to an xp hard drive for transferring old data from the old hard drive to the new?
PUTTING AN OLD HARD DRIVE AS A SECOND DRIVE IN A NEW COMPUTERIt's not that hard to install a hard drive if you are handy with tools and repairs. But there are a few things you need to know. IDE Interface cable:The IDE cable is flat, usually gray, about 2" wide and has three plugs on it. The plugs are 40-pin connectors. One end plugs into the motherboard, and might be blue. You don't have to worry about that end, just leave it where it is. At the extreme other end of the IDE cable, opposite the mother board is the PRIMARY DRIVE (MASTER) connector. Then there is a plug in the middle that is the SECONDARY DRIVE (SLAVE) connector. The MASTER connector on the end might be black, and the SLAVE connector in the middle may be gray. Make sure the MASTER connector is plugged into the Master hard drive. I've heard people say that it really doesn't matter, but I've experienced that it does. I had my drives plugged in wrong, and my hard drive kept crashing.Jumper Block, JumperAt the back of the hard drive is what is called a Jumper Block. The Jumper Block has a little, tiny plug in it that connects two of the pins. Depending upon where the little, tiny plastic plug is plugged into, determines whether the drive set up as the Master or Slave. There are 4 possible settings depending upon whether there is only 1 drive on the IDE cable or two drives plugged into the IDE cable. The 4 settings are:Cable Select - (Usually the default setting) The jumper plug is usually all the way to one side nearest the power supply plug. If your system supports "Cable Select", then the system determines which will be the Master and which will be the Slave.Master - For when two drives share the same IDE Cable. The hard drive that is booting up your computer should be the Master.Slave - Also for two drivesSingle - The jumper plug is not present. For one drive on the IDE Cable.1) Take the hard drive with Windows '98 out of the old PC.Remove the cover.Unplug the power supplyUnplug the IDE cableUnplug any other wiresRemove the screws on both sides of the hard driveSlide the old hard drive out.2) Change the jumpers on the w98 drive to indicate SLAVE (exact jumper configuration varies by make and model of hard drive)You will need something like tweezers or something very small to get the jumper out. The jumper is usually a little piece of white or black plastic, and it's very small.Sometimes the hard drive will have letters stamped into the metal to indicate which is the Master and which setting is the Slave.3) Verify the jumpers on the XP drive indicates Master or Single/Master (Single only will not work).The hard drive in the new computer probably will already have the jumper plugged into the Master slot.4) Put the old drive into an open slot in the new PC and secure it with screws5) Connect the open connector from the same cable as the existing hard drive of the new PC.Most computers have two IDE cables. Each of the cables has two plugs on it.6) Boot up the new PC7) In Windows Explorer you should see your old W98 drive now as either D-drive or E-drive. In my computer, my second hard drive shows up as F: drive because I also have two CD burners.8) In Windows Explorer you can copy or move files to your new drive. I like to right click the Start button, and choose "Explore" as a fast way to get into Windows Explorer.
What is the difference between auto and manual settings for a hard drive?
There are a couple of things depending on what you are talking about. If you have a new hard drive then the Plug and Play portion of your computer will detect your hard drive automatically. If for some reason it does not then you have to go into BIOS and make sure it is set to autodetect then that should work and your system should recognize it. The other type of manual is the jumpers on your hard drive. If you have a hard drive and a CD ROM or another hard drive then you have to manually set the jumpers on the hard drive, one to master and one to slave. The hard drive is the master and the CD ROM is the slave. If you take a hard drive out and look at the front of it you will see the master/slave settings.
How do you install a portable hard drive on your computer?
For illustrated pictures depicting how to remove and install a hard drivesee: http://www.fonerbooks.com/r_hard.htm You can also click on the Web Link to the left of this answer, below the blue section It's not that hard to install a hard drive if you are handy with tools and repairs. But there are a few things you need to know. Depending upon whether you are keeping your old hard drive, and will now have two hard drives, or if you are getting rid of your old hard drive and will only have one hard drive, determines where you plug in the IDE cable and how you set the jumpers. Of course you might have bought a new CD burner and a second hard drive and want to install them both. So there are a variety of possibilities. No matter what your case may be, the two most important things are how the IDE plugs and jumpers are configured. The power supply cable can only go in one way, so that's easy. The power supply is a 4 pin connector.IDE Interface cable: * The IDE cable is flat, usually gray, about 2" wide and has three plugs on it. The plugs are 40-pin connectors. One end plugs into the motherboard, and might be blue. You don't have to worry about that end, just leave it where it is. At the extreme other end of the IDE cable, opposite the mother board is the PRIMARY DRIVE (MASTER) connector. Then there is a plug in the middle that is the SECONDARY DRIVE (SLAVE) connector. The MASTER connector on the end might be black, and the SLAVE connector in the middle may be gray. Make sure the MASTER connector is plugged into the Master drive, and the SLAVE connector is plugged into the slave drive. The most important thing to understand with the whole Master/Slave thing, is that the hard drive that boots up your computer must be set as the MASTER. The second thing to understand is this: If there are two drives on one IDE cable, then there must be a Master and a Slave, or both drives must be set to "Cable Select".* If there is only one drive on the IDE cable, then it must be plugged into the end plug, which is the Master plug. Jumper Block, Jumper * At the back of the drive, along with the power supply slot and the IDE slot is the Jumper Block. The Jumper Block has a little, tiny plug in it that connects two of the pins. That little plastic plug is called the jumper. Depending upon where the jumper is plugged into, determines whether the drive is set up as the Master or the Slave. There are 4 possible jumper settings. The jumper setting depends upon how many drives are on the IDE cable and whether the drive is a Master or a Slave.The 4 settings are: * Cable Select - (Usually the default setting) The jumper plug is usually all the way to one side nearest the power supply plug. If your system supports "Cable Select", then the system determines which will be the Master and which will be the Slave. If one drive on the IDE cable is set to "Cable Select", then the other drive must also be set to "Cable Select". You can't have your Master drive set as "Cable Select" and the other drive set as the Slave. If you aren't sure whether you system supports Cable Select, then you can use the standard jumper settings described below. * Master - For when two drives share the same IDE Cable. The hard drive that is booting up your computer must be the Master. * Slave - Also for two drives * Single - The jumper plug is not present. For one drive on the IDE Cable. MASTER/SLAVEHow many drives? * The computer probably has two IDE cables, with two drive plugs on each cable. This gives you the option of having up to 4 different drives, in many different configurations. * You could have 2 hard drives and 2 CD drives. Most computers come with one hard drive on one IDE cable, and a CD drive on the other IDE cable. * People often put an extra CD drive in so they can burn from one CD to another CD. You could have the hard drive on one IDE cable and the two CD drives on the other IDE cable. * Having a second hard drive is really the way to go for backing up your data. Depending upon how many drives you have in your computer, will depend on how you need to set the jumper , you will need to: plug. And as explained above, there are a few different possibilities.1) No matter what the new configuration is:* Unplug all the cords at the back of the computer. * Remove the cover on the side of the computer * Make a note of how your IDE cables are plugged in.2) If you are removing a drive:Unplug the power supply from the drive (The 4 wire connector)Unplug the IDE cable (2" wide, flat, gray)Unplug any other wires (Sometimes a 2 wire plug on CD drives)Remove the screws on both sides of the driveSlide the old hard drive or CD drive out.If you are simply putting a new hard drive in place of the old one, check the old hard drive for where the jumper plug is. Check to see if the new hard drive is set the same. If you are saving the old hard drive or need to copy data off it, thenyou will need to install both hard drives. When I bought a new Western Digital hard drive, my old hard drive was still working, and I installed the new hard drive as the slave. The Western Digital hard drive came with software to copy everything from my old hard drive to the new hard drive, and make the new hard drive bootable.If you need to retrieve data off your old hard drive, and the computer won't boot up, then go to the question: How do I get data off my hard drive?You will need something like tweezers or something very small to get the jumper out. The jumper is usually a little piece of white or black plastic, and it's very small.Sometimes the hard drive will have letters stamped into the metal to indicate which slot is the Master and which slot is the Slave. 3) Make sure the jumper on the drive that will boot the computer is set to Master or Cable Select. Cable Select can only be used if BOTH drives are set to Cable Select. If you just bought a new computer and are putting an old hard drive into the new computer, the hard drive in the new computer will already have the jumper plugged into the Master slot or Cable Select. 4) Put the old drive into an open slot in the new PC and secure it with screws5) Connect the open connector from the same cable as the existing hard drive of the new PC. Most computers have two IDE cables. Each of the cables has two plugs on it.6) Boot up the new PC7) In Windows Explorer you should see your old drive now as a different drive letter. I have two hard drives on one IDE cable and two CD drives on the second IDE cable. In my computer, my second hard drive shows up as F: drive. My two CD drives show up as D: and E: drive. My original hard drive shows up as C: drive. 8) In Windows Explorer you can copy or move files to your new drive. I like to right click the Start button, and choose "Explore" as a fast way to get into Windows Explorer.
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