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What are some problems with the primary slave drive?
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How do you i swap over my main hard drive to run the other as the main as it only has around 1g left on it?
Set the new hard drive to slave and keep the original as master if you swap them you will come up with some problems.
How do you transfer programs from your main drive to your slave drive?
Some programs can just be copied from one drive to the other. However, most programs will not work this way. You will probably have to uninstall the program from your master drive and then install it on your slave drive using the program's installation disk.
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What is the function of the jumper on the hard disk?
Jumpers can do a lot of things, some motherboards have many of them. Basically they are a manual switches, that can be closed by shorting them with a jumper cap. Some examples are, jumpers that set the CPU speed, or reset the BIOS memory.
What computer item is the primary permanent storage device?
The hard disk drive, or a solid state drive in some computers.
What type of hard drive do you have to set a master and slave jumper for?
Some IDE drives have a master/slave jumper, but a significant number of IDE drives defaulted to a "cable select" setting where the drive would determine for itself whether it was the master or the slave by which of the two sockets on the cable it was plugged into.
When two drives connect to the same data cable how does bios know which is the master and slave?
depends on the BIOS and the Hardirves. Some older IDE drives have a switch or a jumper on them that u can select Master or Slave. Some computer you can change this in the BIOS. Master being the controller and slave being the controlled
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How do you determine wich drive is the master drive in a parallel IDE system?
There is a jumper on the drive, depending on the manufacturer, it should be labeled. Some manufacturers if the master is selected, and no slave is connected, the drive will not boot, with some other manufacturers it will. Also, sometimes the ribbon cable is labeled Drive 0 (master) and Drive 1 (Slave), other times it is not labeled. Frequently if the ribbon cable is labeled, even if the jumpers are set correctly on the drives, but they aren't plugged in to the correct connector on the ribbon cable, they won't work.
How do you put a larger hard drive in and put old info on it?
Assuming it is an IDE drive, there are two IDE slots - Primary & Secondary. Each slot can hold two drives, Master & Slave, which are configured by jumper settings on the disk drive.You have two options.OPTION ONE: Start a brand new installation on the new drive. Reinstall the OS and all your software, then add the old drive as an additional drive. Your old data is then available to copy across.This sounds drastic, but it has the advantage of cleaning up your PC, getting rid of old / corrupted no longer used files.Remove old drive (otherwise the old OS will be detected). Install new drive as Primary-Master. Reload Windows Configure old drive as either "Primary-Slave" or "Secondary-Master". This will probably depend on where your IDE cables reach. If the new drive has room, I would copy the old drive across into "C:\old drive" and keep the old drive in a cupboard as an emergency backup. Carry on reinstalling.Your old data will be available in "C:\old drive" or on your "D:" or "E:" drive. nb Do not format or delete files from your old drive until everything is working again. (In an emergency, it will still be available for booting). Caveat: Reloading data into some software may require some degree of computer knowledge. It may not be a simple case of copying over files.OPTION TWO: Duplicate the drive using software such as "Partition Magic" or "Norton Ghost". This involves an expense, but saves having to reinstall.Install new drive as "Primary-Slave" or "Secondary-Master". Load "Partition Magic". Duplicate the existing drive onto the new drive. Increase the partition size on the new drive to its maximum. Configure new drive as "Primary-Master". Remove old drive. Boot up. You should get your old system back, but with much more disk space. The old drive can be stored as a back up, or added later as a "Primary-Slave", "Secondary-Master" once the system is proved to be working.Just to clarify the above answer... Partition Magic won't clone a disk but Drive Image Pro (by the same company) will. I prefer Ghost. See if your IT people at work can assist you if they use a cloning program.Alternate Software OptionI would like to mention an additional software tool that I have found to be easier than Ghost. Acronis True Image is awesome for swapping the hard drive or even when you upgrade the CPU and motherboard. It has a Universal Restore option that will allow you to reimage your entire Windows environment (applications and all) to a brand new machine. It is pretty affordable at $29.00 or so.
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.
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