slave h/d?

[Guest]

how do you install a slave hard-drive? I just wanted to know because I have
an extra hard-drive laying around and I could use the extra space

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You need to set the jumper on the back of the drive appropriately for your
hard drive make. If you visit the manufacturer's site they will often have
diagrams for how to do this.

Here is an example http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/seconddrive.html The
drive used in the example is a Maxtor but your drive make or model may have
a different configuration. Ensure you have the jumper set correctly to Slave
attach the drive to the IDE cable and insert the power supply plug. It is
generally very easy. Most BIOS are set to autodetect and the drive will be
recognized immediately. If it isn't then consult your motherboard manual.

 

[Guest]

In addition to what Harry said, your master drive should be on the end
connector and your slave on the middle connector.

 

[Al Smith]

how do you install a slave hard-drive? I just wanted to know because I have

an extra hard-drive laying around and I could use the extra space

You've got two flat white cables inside your computer case,
usually called ribbon cables because they look like broad ribbons.
Your present harddrive is attached to the end of one of them.
There are two plugs for such things as harddrives and CD drives on
each cable. The plug at the end is the "master" position, and the
plug in the middle of the ribbon cable is the "slave" position.

If the plug in the middle of the cable that your present harddrive
is attached to happens to be free, that's a good place to put your
second harddrive. You must set your second harddrive to "slave" by
moving a little plastic chicklet thing at the back of the
harddrive, called a jumper, to the "slave" position. There will
likely be a label on the harddrive showing you the positions for
the jumper.

There are four jumper positions -- master, slave, cable select and
single. The "single" position for the jumper is used when the
harddrive is the only one on its ribbon cable. When there are two
drives on the cable, the one on the end should be set to "master"
and the one on the plug in the middle of the cable should be set
to "slave". The "cable select" position is designed to eliminate
all the jumper confusion. A drive set to "cable select" should
work no matter where it is put on the ribbon cable, or whether it
is alone or with another drive. A lot of people don't trust "cable
select" and still use the older master-slave jumper settings.

After setting your second harddrive to "slave", you must check to
insure that your present drive is set to "master" -- it may be set
to "single". If the jumpers on both harddrives are correct, it's
just a matter of attaching the new drive in its slot in the case
with a couple of screws, plugging in the ribbon cable, plugging in
the power cable, and booting from the floppy that comes with the
new harddrive to configure the new drive.

Take a look at which brand your second harddrive is, go on the Web
site for that drive maker, and download their drive configuration
software, then install the software on a floppy. After the drive
is installed, just boot from that floppy and the software will
take you through the drive configuration process.