2006-08-19 10:01:53 · 8 answers · asked by DAVID H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
You don't have to go into to the system to add the drive. Just slave via jumpers in the box and when you boot it should read the drive.
2006-08-19 10:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by WEIRDRELATIVES 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
:Your Motherboard has 2 places where a Hard Drive can be installed. Generally, a hard drive and a CD-ROM are configured to IDE Port #1 as a Master and a Slave. That is the limit. But there is a second IDE Port you can use. See if it is free. If it is, make the new drive a master and it will come up as D or E. If there is already something on the secondary IDE Port, then make it a slave. IDE Devices can be Masters or Slaves. Since all Motherboards have 2 ports, there can be 2 masters and 2 slaves. Use your brain to figure this out. You may have to move things around and you may have to buy a longer IDE Cable (the ribbon cable for the drive). Just remember, the cable has a right and a wrong way to be installed. Pin #1 is generally a red stripe on the cable and on the motherboard, it is marked as "1" or may even have a triangle marking the #1 pin. Once the drive is in correctly, the computer sshould auto configure the drive and it will just show up in your computer. It is quite easy. Even if you do not get the cable on right or you have the drive jumpers wrong, it is unlikely you will damage anything. In fact, the cable has a plastic peg that keeps it from being installed incorrectly. Just go for it. Watch for messages on the screen that tell you how to access your BIOS or if you have a problem. Good Luck
2006-08-19 17:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by HikerBiker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What hardware? What operating system? Usually on Windows, you can set the drive jumper to slave, attach it to the middle position on your IDE cable (I assume it's an ATA drive) with the master drive at the end of the cable. Go into BIOS and tell it to auto-detect your new drive. If successful, Windows (I assume again) should find the drive. This is if there is not a BIOS or Windows compatibility issue, such as with larger drives, older motherboards, or earlier Windows versions.
2006-08-19 17:09:53 · answer #3 · answered by Joe D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If partitioning then makeing it slave, /dskpart or /fdisk
If it is Hardware , yeah jumpers switches.
The /config.sys command is getting kinda dated our denied with new Windows Architectures.
2006-08-19 17:11:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u dont need to access config.sys. Just install the drive and make sure the jumpers are correct.
2006-08-19 17:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by tru_story 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change the PIN configuration to Slave and connect the drive to same IDE cable of your master.
2. Connect the drive to 2nd IDE port
either cases
Check in BIOS that your 2nd hard drive is detected.
and you are on.
2006-08-19 17:08:58 · answer #6 · answered by Hadi M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the above answers work for physically connecting. And after your BIOS recognizes it, (assuming your using WinXP) go to administrative tools -> computer management -> Disk Management, and you should be able to see and properly format your new harddrive from there.
2006-08-19 17:14:22 · answer #7 · answered by ngdb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thru device manager - windows likes you to do it thru device mgr which you get to by going (from memory) cntrol panel , system tools, device manager. go to start menu bottom left, go to control panel, performance and maintenance, then system properties, then see device manager in there. something like that.
2006-08-19 17:12:01 · answer #8 · answered by GiglsH 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋