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how do i install a second HDD?
The cable which goes from my motherboard to the CD ROM then to the HDD has no other slot to connect another HDD. I do have another power connection. Do I change my connection cable (excuse the poor terminology) or should I get another cable and plug it into the slot on the mother board which is the same size as the one now in use?
Board i430tx
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Board i430tx
I can post more data if needed.
Get another IDE ribbon cable and run it from your secondary IDE controller on your motherboard. Make sure you go into your bios and check to see that your secondary IDE controller is enabled.
U have to buy another cable and attach it to the free connector at the motherboard.
Any IDE cable will do.
One thing to watch for is:
IDE cable with a "cut" wire (a little hole in the ribbon) is intended for "CS" setting on the HDD.
Ordinary cables uses master/slave config.
Any IDE cable will do.
One thing to watch for is:
IDE cable with a "cut" wire (a little hole in the ribbon) is intended for "CS" setting on the HDD.
Ordinary cables uses master/slave config.
> should I get another cable and plug it into the slot on the mother board which is the same size as the one now in use?
Yes. On the second hard-drive, set the jumpers to "master" (not "slave", and not "master-with-slave-present
Boot your computer, and enter BIOS-setup mode.
Select "auto-detect-IDE-hard-driv
If offered the options 'Normal/Large/LBA', choose LBA.
Exit from BIOS-setup mode, and boot Windows.
Use Start --> Run --> type 'FDISK' to create a "primary partition" on disk #2 (be careful to not alter disk #1).
Windows may force you to reboot when you exit from FDISK.
Reboot, and use My Computer --> Drive 'D:' (your CD-ROM will move to 'E:') and second-mouse button click on 'D:', and choose 'Format'.
Yes. On the second hard-drive, set the jumpers to "master" (not "slave", and not "master-with-slave-present
Boot your computer, and enter BIOS-setup mode.
Select "auto-detect-IDE-hard-driv
If offered the options 'Normal/Large/LBA', choose LBA.
Exit from BIOS-setup mode, and boot Windows.
Use Start --> Run --> type 'FDISK' to create a "primary partition" on disk #2 (be careful to not alter disk #1).
Windows may force you to reboot when you exit from FDISK.
Reboot, and use My Computer --> Drive 'D:' (your CD-ROM will move to 'E:') and second-mouse button click on 'D:', and choose 'Format'.
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