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Posted by EricCarie on July 6, 2005, 3:25 am
Please log in for more thread options have bought a 80 Gig Western Digital hard drive (MDL WD800JB-00FMA0) if that means anything. Anyways I want to know if I can combin the two together in the same computer? If not and I have to go with the 80 Gig hard drive, how can I erase the information on it already. I installed it once and used the system restore disk that I made with the 40 gig hard drive so I could install the information to the 80 gig. Something happened to the install and it keeps rebooting, and now I cannot get it to work. A friend told me to just add it as a slave hard drive. I am so confused can anyone help me out? Eric and Carie | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Ted on July 6, 2005, 9:16 am
Please log in for more thread options your existing system should be capable of accepting the 80 gig as a slave drive. Set the 80 gig jumpers to slave. Instructions are usually on the case label. The cable (IDE) going from MOBo to your 40 gig drive should have a plug half way along its length. This plugs into the relative socket on the back of the 80 gig. You should also have spare power plugs somewhere inside the comp, look around for a spare white connector, approx 15mm x 5mm with 2 corners knocked off. This ensures the plug only plugs into the hard drive one way. Plug this into the power socket on the 80 gig. If you can't find a spare, adapters can be purchased from your local comp shop or online. Don't forget to do all this work with comp power off and the plug cable disconnected. dj | |||||||||||||
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> have bought a 80 Gig Western Digital hard drive (MDL WD800JB-00FMA0)
> if that means anything. Anyways I want to know if I can combin the
> two together in the same computer? If not and I have to go with the
> 80 Gig hard drive, how can I erase the information on it already. I
> installed it once and used the system restore disk that I made with
> the 40 gig hard drive so I could install the information to the 80
> gig. Something happened to the install and it keeps rebooting, and
> now I cannot get it to work. A friend told me to just add it as a
> slave hard drive. I am so confused can anyone help me out?
>
> Eric and Carie
>