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Replacing master hard drive
I have an HP 6746 and want to replace my master drive (which is 30GB) with a
160GB hard drive. I'd like to make my old 30GB hard drive a slave. Since the old hard drive is in an awkward position and I'd rather not attempt to move it. When I set the jumpers on the old drive to slave (still connected to the master IDD and power supply) and set the new 160GB drive to master (using the slave IDD and power suppply) the computer doesn't recognize either drive. If I connect the new 160GB drive to the master IDD and power supply that drive is recognized. The slave IDD and power supply may not reach my old 30 GB drive, so I may need to purchase a male-female IDD and power supply to reach it. If I connect the original 30GB drive (setting jumper to slave) to the slave IDD and power supply will that do the trick? |
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"Lew" wrote in message ... I have an HP 6746 and want to replace my master drive (which is 30GB) with a 160GB hard drive. I'd like to make my old 30GB hard drive a slave. Since the old hard drive is in an awkward position and I'd rather not attempt to move it. When I set the jumpers on the old drive to slave (still connected to the master IDD and power supply) and set the new 160GB drive to master (using the slave IDD and power suppply) the computer doesn't recognize either drive. If I connect the new 160GB drive to the master IDD and power supply that drive is recognized. The slave IDD and power supply may not reach my old 30 GB drive, so I may need to purchase a male-female IDD and power supply to reach it. If I connect the original 30GB drive (setting jumper to slave) to the slave IDD and power supply will that do the trick? First and to avoid confusion: master/slave are jumper positions that you set on the drives themselves. And the disk connectors are called Primary and Secundary slots. The master disk is normally connected to the end connector (black) of the ATA cable, while the slave disk is connected to the middle connector (grey). The blue connector goes to the motherboard. You don't say if you further want to use the old disk's OS. In this case you first should create an image file of the old disk onto the new one. Herefor, you should use a program like Norton Ghost or Acronis TrueImage (easier to use). Before creatin the image file, you should format the new disk and create a partition on it that is at least equal to the partition of your OS on your old disk. To create the image file, connect the old disk as master on the primary slot, and the new disk as master on the secundary slot (or as slave on the primary). When this is done, connect the new 160 GB as master on the primary and the old disk as master on the secundary (or as slave on the primary. Reboot. Your system should now start Windows from your new 160 GB disk. |
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Since you say this in an HP computer, I'm going to guess the the cable to
the hard drive is a "Cable Select" cable. For this type of cable you don't set master and slave jumpers on the drive. You set the jumper at Cable Select (CS) and the drive is assigned master or slave by its position on the cable. While it is prefereable to have the new drive as the master, there is a good chance that even if it is the slave that you can make it the C: drive by telling the BIOS which hard drive to boot from. Most of the newer BIOSs will give you that option. -- Wayne Morgan "Lew" wrote in message ... I have an HP 6746 and want to replace my master drive (which is 30GB) with a 160GB hard drive. I'd like to make my old 30GB hard drive a slave. Since the old hard drive is in an awkward position and I'd rather not attempt to move it. When I set the jumpers on the old drive to slave (still connected to the master IDD and power supply) and set the new 160GB drive to master (using the slave IDD and power suppply) the computer doesn't recognize either drive. If I connect the new 160GB drive to the master IDD and power supply that drive is recognized. The slave IDD and power supply may not reach my old 30 GB drive, so I may need to purchase a male-female IDD and power supply to reach it. If I connect the original 30GB drive (setting jumper to slave) to the slave IDD and power supply will that do the trick? |
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