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Q: What are Master and slave disk controllers?
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What do you use to configure a drive to be a master slave or a stand alone drive?

We generally use the jumpers to set the disk drives as master or slave.


Why install master and slave hard drive in motherboard?

Master and Slave configuration is necessary for motherboard in order to choose right disk to boot from.


Should ide be master or slave with sata master?

SATA and IDE are operated on different buses, with different controllers. A SATA drive is not considered a "master" or a "slave"; it has a channel all to itself. If the IDE drive is by itself on the controller, it should be set as Master.


What is the role of jumper in installation of hard disk?

Jumpers are used with the IDE (aka P-ATA) drives (hard disks or other drives like DVD recorder) . There can be two drives on the same cable with this norm, a master and a slave. The controller of the disk need to know if it is supposed to be the master or the slave. Jumpers are set to this purpose. There is a special mode called "cable select" where the position on the cable determines the mode (disk at the end of the cable is master, disk in the middle of the cable is slave)


If a single hard disk is attached on a primary IDE channel what should the jumper be set to?

master if the ide cable has a single drive connection. if the ide cable has the master and slave connection. then set the drive to master with slave.


What should the primary jumper be set to On a primary IDE channel if a single hard disk is attached?

master if the ide cable has a single drive connection. if the ide cable has the master and slave connection. then set the drive to master with slave.


When installing a dual hard drivedual boot with two operating systems do you set both hard drives to master or is one set to slave?

The "master/slave" designation is necessary for the disk controller. It has little to do with the dual boot.


I can't access a user account in win xp on the slave hard drive there is no password on this account and I can access the others whats happening?

By default the computer boots the XP installation on the Master hard disk. If you need to access the slave system change slave to master.


What are Drive controllers?

Drive controllers are certain cricuits that control drives like the hard disk


How do you install Windows 98 on to a slave drive hard disk D in a 2 hard disk system that already has Windows XP. I want to install Windows 98 on to the slave drive D .?

if u have winxp on the master hd, just boot ur computer from a 98boot disk and install win98 on the slave. the computer should automatically configure itself for dual boot.


What is a Single Drive Configuration?

When there is only one hard drive (disk) in the computer, the jumper(s) on the back of the disk (next to the power socket) should be set to Master or Stand Alone. When there are two disks, one must be designed Master & the other Slave or the system will not boot or only one disk will be seen.


Was William Wells Brown a slave master?

No, he was a slave who escaped from his master.