hard drive question

[RGRAT1618]

The motherboard on my old computer died. So I got myself a new one and want to install my old hard drive into my new computer. I want to keep my new haqrd drive as the master. I just want my old one in there for my files and music. I need a little help in doing this. I know how to hook it all up and to change the jumpers on the back of the hard drives, one to be a master and the other to be a slave. But after that thigs are a little fussy. I had a gateway 1. 2ghz amd with 20 gig hard drice. I now have a 2. 6g pen gateway 3250series. Thanks in advance for the help.





Rob

 

[Bertram65]

Go to the drive manufacture's web site and check the jumper settings for each drive, most newer EIDE drives come set to single/master, so you should only have to change the old drive to slave jumper settings. Once the settings are set it should not matter which position on the EIDE cable the drives are in, you may have to go into the BIOS on the system and set the second EIDE drive on channel 1 to auto. The CD rom should be on channel 2. The cable on channel 1 should have the connectors to add another drive, if not Best Buy or Comp USA should have a EIDE cable with two connectors on it for a couple bucks. The second drive should show up as drive D assuming your new HD is only one partition, drive C. Your CD rom will become E, or the next available drive letter, if your old drive has more than one partition.

 

[rkressg]

Rob,

Shot you a PM.

-Rich