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QUICK HELP: How do I turn a previous master drive into a slave drive?

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Xcellere

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I took an old system drive that has XP installed on it and put it into a newer system. This is a WD800. I need to turn it into a slave drive on the newer PC so I can extract files from it. How do I do this?
 
Um, switch the jumpers? The IDE HDD's will typically have 3 jumper settings; cable select, Slave, Master. It will say on the drive somewhere what position is what. Slave is ALMOST ALWAYS the middle setting. With master to the right and C-Select to the left. Make sure that your master drive is set to master and NOT Cable select to avoid problems as well.
 
Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
Um, switch the jumpers? The IDE HDD's will typically have 3 jumper settings; cable select, Slave, Master. It will say on the drive somewhere what position is what. Slave is ALMOST ALWAYS the middle setting. With master to the right and C-Select to the left. Make sure that your master drive is set to master and NOT Cable select to avoid problems as well.
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yeah. this should help you
 
Hi, If your IDE cable is Cable Select you will have to plug both drives as CS. Usually CS cables have color coded connectors. Position on the cable determines which is C: and which is D:. If not CS then Master and Slave is correct. Nothing really has to be done to the drive if it comes up D:. You can remove the system files to gain a little space, but usually does not have to be done. Luck, Jim
 
Originally posted by: Xcellere
This is what my HD looks like at default. Where do I need to move the jumper to make it D:?
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Well, what it's called by the OS is arbitrary and can be changed at any time through Disk Management. 😛

If you are plugging it in as a slave device on an IDE channel (in the middle of a cable, with another drive at the end of the cable), you'll need to move the jumper to either the 'cable select'/CS setting, or to the 'slave' setting. This is *almost* always indicated on the drive itself. If it doesn't say on the drive, tell us *exactly* which drive model you have, and we can try to help.
 
Originally posted by: Xcellere
I have a WD800, which the back of is shown in this picture. Also, I have it plugged into a seperate IDE channel.
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Usually the jumper settings are indicated on the sticker on top of the drive. Showing me the jumper doesn't help; I know what a jumper looks like. 😛

WD's website should have documentation for that drive if you need it.
 
Windows can't even see it through Disk Management. I have a data recovery program, that doesn't notice it either.
 
Originally posted by: Xcellere
Windows can't even see it through Disk Management. I have a data recovery program, that doesn't notice it either.
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That means it's not hooked up properly (it should show up in the BIOS if it is). Check the cabling and jumpers again, and make sure the drive has power. 😛
 
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