Setting 2nd hard drive as a slave...

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  1. Eazyduzit

    Eazyduzit Regular member

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    i have another harddrive i want to make a slave so i can see it from my master hard drive in the my computer window. what wires do i have to connect pics would be very helpful\

    thanks
     
    Eazyduzit, May 10, 2005
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  2. ddp

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    if on same cable as master hd than move jumper on back or bottom of drive to slave & make certain the master drive jumper is set as master
     
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  3. leroy151

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    I connected a second hard drive in my pc but I cannot find or use it.
    I have a soyo kt400 ultra.
    thanks for any help
     
    leroy151, May 10, 2005
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    does the motherboard see the drive? is it see in device manager. what format is it in & the c:drive?
     
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  5. leroy151

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    ya the motherboard and the device manager see it
    i dont know what format there in
     
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  6. neojapan

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    hey leroy did you already format it and set it up as another drive?
     
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    No i haven't. How do I format it and set it up as another drive?
    sorry if its a noobish question
     
    leroy151, May 10, 2005
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    no problem,hit start go to my computer right click it and go to manage and then go to disk management and see if it comes out there if it does right click it again and format it
     
    neojapan, May 10, 2005
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  9. leroy151

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    i see my c volume in ntfs
    below that i see disk 0 which is my original hd and disk 1 which says unallocated and if i right click all i get is convert to dynamic disk, properties and help
     
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  10. neojapan

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    ok don't right click it where it says disk 1 move to the empty space to the right and right click it,it should say make new partion,format and some other options let me know
     
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    ya it says new partition, properies, and help
     
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  12. neojapan

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    hit new partion and follow the steps
     
    neojapan, May 11, 2005
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    NeoJapan thanks a lot for your help
     
    leroy151, May 11, 2005
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  14. neojapan

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    your welcome
     
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