2006-08-26 05:29:30 · 7 answers · asked by Kool Deep Shah 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
ok.. heres what u gotta do.
make sure ur IDE cable is connected to IDE1(primary) or IDE 2 (secondary) slot ...
now .. if u observe the IDE cable.. there would be two portions ... separated by a female socket near the middle.
the longer-end portion.. is the motherboard - master connection .. (motherboard's end is at the end of the wire) and the smaller length-portion is the master - slave connection....
take the slave end of the IDE cable ... and plug it into ur hard drive
and voila... u get ur old hard drive as ur PRIMARY SLAVE
if u want to put it as a secondary slave... use an IDE cable from the "IDE 2" port on ur motherboard.. and determine the "slave" end of the cable and plug it o'er there.
ENJOY!!!
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2006-08-26 05:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by anand_87123 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Open up the PC, plug your old hard drive into the slave drive slot. Boot up your PC and install the drivers needed for that drive. Check http://support.microsoft.com/ for detailed instructions.
2006-08-26 05:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by Michael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put you old hard drive as a slave all you have to do is set the jumpers on both hard drives. The new one set to master the old one jumpered to slave. There is a label on most hard drives showing settings, if not yahoo the mfg name and model and it should show you. Plug hard drives back in, master to the end of cable, slave to the middle one (most cases) and bingo! GL
2006-08-26 05:39:48 · answer #3 · answered by unclejohn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the jumper setting on the new hard drive in your new PC. If it's set to MA (master) you should set the old drive to SL(slave). If it's set to CS (cable select) set the old drive to CS.
Mount it, hook it up and you should be good to go. Most modern PCs will detect your new drive automatically.
2006-08-26 05:46:06 · answer #4 · answered by mommadillo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your new PC has a place to put the drive, and a spare plug on an IDE cable., it's not hard.
Look at the jumpers on your old and new drives. If the main drive on your new computer is set to "Master" then set the jumpers to your old drive to "Slave". If the new drive is set to "Cable Select", then set the jumpers on your old drive to "Cable Select" also.
Put it in and cable it up, and you should be all set.
2006-08-26 05:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set the HD jumper to slave, connect the IDE cable, going into BIOS, make a correct entry for it, that's all.
Make sure you do that before installing Linux if not Windows. If too late for that make sure there is no entry in the HD list in BIOS.
2006-08-26 09:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your old one still has an operating system on it, you cannot, it will not boot correctly as the pc will try to boot from both hard drives.
2006-08-26 05:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋