How do I install a 2nd HD and set it to slave?

I am running Windows XP Professional with service pack 2 on an AMD 1200+, 128 MB RAM, With a 120GB HD.


The HD is partioned with the letters C and D, C being for windows and system at 4GB and D being for everything else.


CD RW drive E is set as Primary master and C as Secondary master.


As the space on the partition for XP is so small I regularly experience problems, such as not being able to use the Internet to watch video or the computer just refuses to work.


I want to install a 40GB drive that was used for Win98SE as a slave and reformat it, then put XP and all my settings onto that to try to solve the problem. I have tried connecting it to the slave on the same ribbon as the HD and to another slot. But the BIOS will not recognise it either way. Also how do I assign letters to the drives?


I can't find any jumper cables on the Motherboard nor do I know where they go.


Help Please!

How do I install a 2nd HD and set it to slave?
on the back of the drive will be two little spots with a tiny "jumper" in it.. One says master the other one says slave.. carefully remove the jumper and replace it in the slave spot then connect the hard drive in the computer..Good luck..
Reply:their is these jumpers on the hd that has to be placed on "Slave" and "master" for the master HD then you can use the same ribbon as the first hd and then plug in the small power cable and then the four wire access cable and then formatt the new HD by jumping into the msdos settings and adding the slave into the registry.OR just take it to the GEEK you know?
Reply:Get Partition Magic and repartition your 120 Gb Hard Drive ie make your Primary Partition as big as you like.


you can install it on D: and the program is graphical and fairly simple to use.
Reply:either A) remove both jumpers or B) switch the jumpers to cable select on both drives, make sure the drive you want to be the master is on the end of the cable and the slave is on second slot. the sys will figure it out, shouludnt have to mess with jumpers too much.


as far setting the sys up the way you have described, you may want to load the 40g by itsself, remove the 120g all together, load win xp. after you load the os put the 120g back on the cable, second slot, and it should load(you may not be able to access the original C partition, but you should get to the D partition, which im assuming is the data you want, without a problem)


at this point, if you have the space, move the data from the 120 to the 40 into a temp folder, reformat the 120 without an OS, transfer data back to 120. now you have 40g for your OS and a full 120 for your data.


to reassign drive letters and have far more (reliable) control over your partitions and format options get partition magic


http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/...


considering you really dont use it much it is kinda expensive, but the few times you DO use it youll love it.





hope that helps =)
Reply:As long as it is IDE there should be jumper pins on the back of it. Your 40GB hard-drive is probably set to Master also that's why your Bios does not recognize it (there are 2 masters). Google the Manufacturer and model number of the Hard Drive and you with the term "Jumper Pin Settings". You should be able to figure it out from there in 10 minutes.
Reply:if you have set your BIOS and its not going to work then check Jumper Setting in your HardDisk .. in harddisk you wil see information regarding Jumper Settings ...follow that ..
Reply:To make it a slave look behind the harddrive there should be a place that you insert a clip to set it to slave or master. If it is clearly labeled it is just a matter of switching the clip.
Reply:I don't see where you mentioned that you jumpered the drives appropriately so that may be where you are going wrong.





You will need to set the primary drive (be it optical or hdd) to master. Important to note here that some drives have two different master settings, i.e. single master and master with slave setting. The slave drive will also need to be jumpered as a slave.





Most of the time the settings for the jumpers are printed on the hard drive so it is usually no trouble to set them.





As for assigning drive letters, you can do this in Windows XP by clicking Start-%26gt;Run and then type diskmgmt.msc in the run box and click ok or hit enter. This brings up the disk manager which allows you to specify drive letters as well as several other things like creating partitions and formatting.
Reply:When you install and set the second drive to slave, be sure you set the primary drive to master. This is not necessary on all makes, but WD requires it.
Reply:change the jumper setting
Reply:look on the back of the hard drive...u should see some small pins with a little black clip(jumper)..u can move the clip (jumper) from one to other..master or slave....once u do that and install hd..u will have to turn pc on..go to my computer..right click on the hard drtive and select ....format


if not..check this out


http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid...