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second hard drive installation
how do i install a second hard drive, ide, in addition to a scsi hard drive?
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2/ confirm the jumper settings for any other IDE devices in your computer
EXAMPLE:
PRIMARY MASTER (this would normally be your first hard drive
PRIMARY SLAVE
SECONDARY MASTER (this would normally be your CD-ROM drive)
SECONDARY SLAVE
set your new hard drive as one of the above (not using the same settings as anyother IDE device)
3/ make sure that your IDE cable is connected with PIN i oriented correctly (the stripe on the IDE cable denotes #1, on the hard drive pin #1 is toward the power connector.
4/ boot the system, enter the BIOS, make sure the IDE channel that you are using is ENABLED, then go to DETECT HARD DRIVE, accept the defaults, exit and save.
5/ Use the FDISK program to partition the drive, Use FORMAT to prepare the drive for data storage