i have a 60gb hard drive and im going to buy a 200gb hard drive for my computer. so what do i do with the cabe or wire from the 200gb drive(not the power cored) conect it to my 60gb? people stoled me to slave the 200 gb to the 60gb hard drive what does that mean? conect the 200gb to the 60gb? how do i do this? will it come with the right cord when i buy the 200gb? if not what cord do i need? thanks so much for you help!!!!
2006-12-07 09:52:44 · 4 answers · asked by Dakota 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Watch this video on how to do it.
http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,353-page,1-bid,0/video.html
2006-12-07 10:00:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing you have to determine is if the original drive is IDE or SATA. If SATA (Serial ATA) the hook up is diffrent from the one I've given you here. Do you want the new drive to be your main drive or is it just for storage? If it's to be the main drive you'll need a new copy of windows, if it's just for extra storage, here's how to do the install:
1. Turn off and unplug the computer and remove the battery (if a laptop).
2. Remove the case cover(s), and ground yourself to a metal portion of the computer case by touching it.
3. Check the jumper setting on the back of the original equipment main drive and make sure it is set to the "MA-Master" position.
4. Set the jumper on the back of the new drive to the "SL-Slave" position.
5. Install the drive in the case with the screws, IDE and power ports pointed toward the rear of the case.
6. Plug the second (free) IDE ribbon cable plug (on the same IDE ribbon cable as the original hard drive) and a free "Molex" power cable plug into the new drive.
7. Replace the cover(s) and plug the computer back in.
8. Right tic on "My Computer". Select "Manage". Left tic on "Disk Management". In the right pane, right tic on the new drive and select "Format". If asked, choose NTFS for the new drive, not FAT32. After the new drive "formats" it is ready to use for extra storage space.
2006-12-07 16:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at the back of ur HD, U will see a lil jumper, its easily removed. Find the paperwork which tells you where to put that jumper for a slave drive, thats it, Use the etra plug that comes off the other HD to plug it in.
2006-12-07 10:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by myothernewname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/IDE/add_2nd_drive/index.html go here
2006-12-07 09:57:51 · answer #4 · answered by abitofchange23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋