Slave Drive Hard Disc

[sailorman]

i have just bought a 80G hard drive & want to keep the existing 40G ( partitioned 20 /20 ) as master & run the 80 G as a slave.
problem i have is that i dont know what to/ how to set the jumpers.
all help greatly appreciated
yours
P.C. dumbo /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Talbot]

should be a little diagram on each hard drive showing the position of the hard drive slave/master jumpers. If it came with any documentation then try there.

 

[sailorman]

Hi Mark
its all gobbley gook to me
the diagramme has 15 head & 16 head mentioned
32 bit clip, auto-spin disable,dev 0, forcing dev 1 present.
i usually manage to "balls-up" the PC most Christmas`s ( watch this space)
cheers
roger

 

[Talbot]

I stand ready to be corrected, but IIRC, you should have three small diagrams showing possibly 6 pins in each. the diagrams should be labelled Device 0, Device 1, and Cable SEL. Look at the configuration on your existing hard drive and see if it is set to Device 0 (may well be different pin positions to new drive) - if old one is set to Device 0, then set new one to Device 1 (this may be the setting labelled "forcing device 1")

Plug it in and pay attention as it boots up as it will display whether you have them set correctly to master/slave.

Are they two hard drives of the same speed (ATA rating) and rpm? cause if the new one is a newer/faster drive, you would be welll advised to move the operating system onto the faster drive, and use the slower one for archive

 

[A1Sailor]

Can we assume that you don't have any instructions? If you post the make and model we should be able to direct you to the necessary info on the web.

KR


Douglas

 

[sailorman]

new 80G is Hiachi Deskstar
existing ??? dont konw yet

 

[Talbot]

Hitachi deskstar is ata 100 with 7200 rpm

pin settings as follows:

So remove the jumper that is on G/H and move it to C/D.

I suspect that your existing drive is probably set as Master, so you should just be able to link the two together on the same cable.

 

[A1Sailor]

If you mean a Hitachi Deskstar try:

http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.n...stallposter.pdf

and/or for the 7K80

http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.n...le/D7K80_IG.pdf

 

[sailorman]

Hi Mark
assume i only use the top 2 diagrams
roger

 

[mirabriani]

How do you do drawings on a computer screen?
Bet you can't do curves?

Briani

 

[Talbot]

drawings are easy using serif DrawPlus. especially if you have a tablet.

They are even easier if you just copy a picture from a web site /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif BTW a quick look at the properties of the picture normally reveals whether it is from a picture type site, or copied from a manufacturer's tech space!!!

 

[Talbot]

Top two diagrams show you the position and numbering of the posts to attach the jumpers. Theoretically you dont need the others cause I have told you which posts to use, but if you look at the one marked slave, it shows a hatched line around the appropriate pins.

BTW it is best to use a set of tweezers to reomve and replace the jumpers. They are pesky little varmints and liable to take a side trip on their own unless watched carefully!

Let me know how you get on

 

[mirabriani]

Respect!

Briani

 

[brianrunyard]

Your CD Rom is probably set as the Slave to the Hard Drive 0.
In which case set the new Hard Drive as Master on Drive 1

 

[maks]

Hello

i want to add second hard drive (slave) on the same cable (hitachi ata 160gb 7200 ), so the propper configuration for jumpers is:
C/D, A/B

maks