I pulled a hard drive out of on of my old computers and tried to add it to my current setup.
I called Maxtor and got the jumper setup, pluged in the data and power ports and mounted the thing.
My computer doesn't recognize it. I'm assuming that's because it's not plug in play? Or do I have to do some kind of setup in bios? Can anyone walk me through this?
Current Setup
AMD Athlon 64 2800
K8T800Pro Motherboard
2 Gig Ram
Win XP Pro
ATI Dual Monitor Video Card
Adding Hard Drive
Adding Hard Drive
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If you are adding a 2nd drive to an IDE channel, you need to change the jumper on the original drive to "Master" and set the jumper on the new drive to "slave".
After that, its a good idea to go into bios and see if it registers there. You may have to change the IDE setting from "disabled" or "none" to "Auto". Some BIOS have ide detection and its not a bad idea to go thru that to make sure it detects it.
Once you have both drives listed in the BIOS, XP Pro should detect it on the next boot. You may need to format it. Open "My Computer", right-click on the new drive and select "format". If you have the option, always select NTFS (not FAT) for a 2nd drive. If it doesn't detect it:
Click "start", "run" and type in "mmc" in the blank and click OK
You will get the Microsoft Management Console. If there is no disk management there, you need to add the "snap in" called "disk management" under "file", "add snap-in"
open the Disk Management snap in and look to see if your drive is listed as free space. If so, right-click on the drive box and click "create". It should change it to "unformatted" and assign a letter. If it already says "unformatted" and has a drive letter, continue.
Right-click on it again and if it says "commit changes now" click that.
If it doesn't say that, then it should say "format". Click format, select NTFS (if an option) and click OK. That will format the drive.
I wrote this from memory, so be careful, I might have left out a few small details.
After that, its a good idea to go into bios and see if it registers there. You may have to change the IDE setting from "disabled" or "none" to "Auto". Some BIOS have ide detection and its not a bad idea to go thru that to make sure it detects it.
Once you have both drives listed in the BIOS, XP Pro should detect it on the next boot. You may need to format it. Open "My Computer", right-click on the new drive and select "format". If you have the option, always select NTFS (not FAT) for a 2nd drive. If it doesn't detect it:
Click "start", "run" and type in "mmc" in the blank and click OK
You will get the Microsoft Management Console. If there is no disk management there, you need to add the "snap in" called "disk management" under "file", "add snap-in"
open the Disk Management snap in and look to see if your drive is listed as free space. If so, right-click on the drive box and click "create". It should change it to "unformatted" and assign a letter. If it already says "unformatted" and has a drive letter, continue.
Right-click on it again and if it says "commit changes now" click that.
If it doesn't say that, then it should say "format". Click format, select NTFS (if an option) and click OK. That will format the drive.
I wrote this from memory, so be careful, I might have left out a few small details.
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hmm
I've changed all of the jumpers, and went into bios and changed it to Auto. I even tried the auto detect and it doesn't find it. I tried slaving the drive off of my DVD burner as well. Still no luck.
I put the drive back into my other computer and it works fine???
I put the drive back into my other computer and it works fine???
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Hard Drive
I went and bought a different hard drive....
What should I set these jumpers as though for a slave on my hard drive. I know my master is at 'cable select'
Options
16 Heads - Device 0 (Master)
16 Heads - Device 1 (Slave)
16 Heads - Cable Select
16 Heads - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
15 Heads - Device 0 (Master)
15 Heads - Device 1 (Slave)
15 Heads - Cable Select
15 Heads - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
2GB Clip - Dev 0 (Master)
2GB Clip - Dev 1 (Slave)
2GB Clip - Cable Select
2GB Clip - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
Auto Spin Disable - Device 0 (Master)
Auto Spin Disable - Device 1 (Slave)
Auto Spin Disable - Cable Select
Auto Spin Disable - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
What should I set these jumpers as though for a slave on my hard drive. I know my master is at 'cable select'
Options
16 Heads - Device 0 (Master)
16 Heads - Device 1 (Slave)
16 Heads - Cable Select
16 Heads - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
15 Heads - Device 0 (Master)
15 Heads - Device 1 (Slave)
15 Heads - Cable Select
15 Heads - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
2GB Clip - Dev 0 (Master)
2GB Clip - Dev 1 (Slave)
2GB Clip - Cable Select
2GB Clip - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
Auto Spin Disable - Device 0 (Master)
Auto Spin Disable - Device 1 (Slave)
Auto Spin Disable - Cable Select
Auto Spin Disable - Dev 0 Forcing Dev 1 Present
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16 Heads - Cable Select
Make sure that you use a new 80 pin IDE cable, not the old 40 pin. The master drive has to go on the end connector.
You are brave buying a Hitachi/IBM deskstar. They are nice as long as they are alive. I lost a lot of data once to a 75GXP "deathstar"... as if billions of bytes cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
The newer ones are supposed to be much more reliable.
Make sure that you use a new 80 pin IDE cable, not the old 40 pin. The master drive has to go on the end connector.
You are brave buying a Hitachi/IBM deskstar. They are nice as long as they are alive. I lost a lot of data once to a 75GXP "deathstar"... as if billions of bytes cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
The newer ones are supposed to be much more reliable.
... and then the wheel fell off.
Now Ya tell me!! 
Thanks Ron, worked perfectly. This drive is for recording some audio to, but I'm sure I'll probably lose it the way my luck goes. I'll make sure to get a better drive before I start taking on paying clients.....hopefully within a month or so.
Justin
Thanks Ron, worked perfectly. This drive is for recording some audio to, but I'm sure I'll probably lose it the way my luck goes. I'll make sure to get a better drive before I start taking on paying clients.....hopefully within a month or so.
Justin
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On a pillow of your bones
I will lay across the stones
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