New hard drive, help!

2007-03-07 12:27:35

#1

Elite-uk/2: Member; +1|6725

i have just got a new hitachi 160gb ide hard drive, well anyways i 'tried' to install it but it wouldnt recognise it, i thought i put the jumper cables in the right pins..but obviously not.

Well anyways can anyone tell me exactly what to do so i can get this HD into a slave drive please?

2007-03-07 12:30:38

#2

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7061|Seattle

You'll need to go into disk management and make the drive active.

Right click on My Computer--> Manage

Disk Management---> Right click the new drive and set to "active"

Reboot

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2007-03-07 12:33:00

#3

Elite-uk/2: Member; +1|6725

King_County_Downy wrote:
You'll need to go into disk management and make the drive active.

Right click on My Computer--> Manage

Disk Management---> Right click the new drive and set to "active"

Reboot

But do you know where the jumper goes?

2007-03-07 12:35:36

#4

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7061|Seattle

You'll have to look on the back of the drive itself. There should be a configuration like this:

https://xs413.xs.to/xs413/07103/build_pc_xp2000_maxtor_80gb_jumper_settings.jpg

If it's an IDE cable, be sure that the slave is in the middle of the IDE cable (it can also be set to cable select here) and the Master always goes at the end of the cable.

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2007-03-07 15:35:56

#5

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7062|Cheshire. UK

King_County_Downy wrote:
You'll have to look on the back of the drive itself. There should be a configuration like this:

http://xs413.xs.to/xs413/07103/build_pc … ttings.jpg

If it's an IDE cable, be sure that the slave is in the middle of the IDE cable (it can also be set to cable select here) and the Master always goes at the end of the cable.

Ewwww Maxtor!!

2007-03-07 15:39:54

#6

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7061|Seattle

joker3327 wrote:
King_County_Downy wrote:
You'll have to look on the back of the drive itself. There should be a configuration like this:

http://xs413.xs.to/xs413/07103/build_pc … ttings.jpg

If it's an IDE cable, be sure that the slave is in the middle of the IDE cable (it can also be set to cable select here) and the Master always goes at the end of the cable.
Ewwww Maxtor!!

I know...google image search failed me big time.

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2007-03-07 16:58:06

#7

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7065|132 and Bush

I went through a recognition problem when I switched to Vista. With my XP setup I did not have to setup another array for my storage drive (I have 2 raptors in raid 0 also). Vista will not see it unless you add it in whatever you are using to manage your raids. Most likely not your problem, but I'm adding this for those who stumble into this thread looking for a solution to missing hard drives.

joker3327 pay attention and make sure you have all your IDE settings correct in your bios as well..

What OS are you on and what is the make and model of your motherboard?

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