X-Cannon Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 How can I set up 2 hard drives? I have one 20 GB as my master and would like the second HDD as a back up I would just hook up the IDE cable right and set it as slave in the BIOS or am I missing some steps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 You have to set the jumpers too.In your hardrive it will tell you where you should place the jumpers for the master and slave drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 you physically set it as a slave. There is a jumper next to the IDE connector to set it. Usually if you have both on CS and have the IDE cable plugged in right, the computer will figure it out on it's own but it's best to set you main as master and your 2nd as slave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Cannon Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 sorry CS? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 sorry CS?It's a jumper setting on the HD. "Computer Select". Kind of like Automatic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 normally the end connection on the ide ribbonis the master and the middle connecteris the slaveyour hdd the will have the jumper settings on the front face.im not sure if there are any exceptions to this rulethen it is important to go to the bios and get you sys to recognise all your drivesonce youve done that go to administrative tools compt managementdisk mnagementsee if the sys has recogenise the drivesto see this on the tool bar look for view. top.disk list and it will show all the drives on your sys that has been recognisedcd's and hdd'smarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethook Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 The ol' standby..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Check the following site for possible help:http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading/install-hard-drive.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Use Master and Slave, not Cable Select Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 You will need to partition the drive after it's physically installed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Cannon Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Why must I partion? Also which HDD should I partion. I have one wiht all my data and xp installed the other has been formated already. That needs to be partioned?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Why must I partion? Also which HDD should I partion. I have one wiht all my data and xp installed the other has been formated already. That needs to be partioned??You don't have to partition, and it wouldn't make sense since those drives are so small. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Cannon Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Aluvus said I would need to partion.Will the HDD be faster as a slave or if I get an external HDD case hooking it via USB? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Why must I partion? Also which HDD should I partion. I have one wiht all my data and xp installed the other has been formated already. That needs to be partioned??The drive with XP on it has already been partitioned (that's a required step for putting XP on it). You would need to partition the new drive for any operating system to make use of it (assuming it really is a completely new drive).You don't have to partition, and it wouldn't make sense since those drives are so small.Drive size has absolutely nothing to do with the need to partition.Aluvus said I would need to partion.Will the HDD be faster as a slave or if I get an external HDD case hooking it via USB?The drive will be much faster as a slave, and will probably stay cooler and therefore last longer, as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Why must I partion? Also which HDD should I partion. I have one wiht all my data and xp installed the other has been formated already. That needs to be partioned??The drive with XP on it has already been partitioned (that's a required step for putting XP on it). You would need to partition the new drive for any operating system to make use of it (assuming it really is a completely new drive).You don't have to partition, and it wouldn't make sense since those drives are so small. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Cannon Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I think Aluvus you had partioned mixed with format also.But thx for the advice I will set it as a slave if it will be cooler and run faster, instead of with the USB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 (edited) You need to FORMAT the hard drive to make the hard drive read on XP, but not PARTITION it. Partition means to break it up into logical divisons. For example, my 250GB drive has 20GB, 50GB, 50GB, and 100GB partitions. In short, just hook the drive up, run disk management and format as NTFS (or FAT32 if you have a need to read the data outside of XP). Don't bother breaking the disk up into partitionsYou partition it into one partition. Edited July 25, 2006 by Aluvus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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