OT Hard Drive help

Good morning all, My slave HD craped out and I want to replace it. It was a old 560mb out of my first putter. My primary drive is only 1.6g. I picked up a new drive, 15 gig Maxtor and I want to replace my 560 w/ it. the instr dont really get into installing as a slave. I know I have to set the jumpers to slave. Do I have to change anything in the Bios? Will I need my W98 cd? Are there any sites that could be of any help? TIA. Doug D

All you need to do is set it's jumper for 'slave' then go to the bios and choose the auto detect option. reboot and you are done. Maxtor usually includes a floppy that walks you through most of this.... dave henrie "Gandolf1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uwD76.14137$[email hidden]...

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> Good morning all, My slave HD craped out and I want to replace it. > It was a old 560mb out of my first putter. My primary drive is only 1.6g. > I picked up a new drive, 15 gig Maxtor and I want to replace my 560 w/ it. > the instr dont really get into installing as a slave. I know I have to set > the jumpers to slave. Do I have to change anything in the Bios? > Will I need my W98 cd? Are there any sites that could be of any help? > > TIA. Doug D > > > >

Thanks, Yes there is a floppy. Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0tE76.257122$[email hidden]... > All you need to do is set it's jumper for 'slave' then go to the biosand

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> choose the auto detect option. reboot and you are done. Maxtor usually > includes a floppy that walks you through most of this.... > dave henrie > "Gandolf1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uwD76.14137$[email hidden]... > > Good morning all, My slave HD craped out and I want to replace it. > > It was a old 560mb out of my first putter. My primary drive is only

1.6g. > > I picked up a new drive, 15 gig Maxtor and I want to replace my 560 w/it. > > the instr dont really get into installing as a slave. I know I have toset

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> > the jumpers to slave. Do I have to change anything in the Bios? > > Will I need my W98 cd? Are there any sites that could be of any help? > > > > TIA. Doug D > > > > > > > > >

>Are there any sites that could be of any >help? > > TIA. Doug D pcguide.com has saved my arse a few times Larry

YOu might consider using the new drive as your main one. The specs are probably better than your old 1.6G ~daxe On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:20:26 GMT, "Gandolf1" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Good morning all, My slave HD craped out and I want to replace it. >It was a old 560mb out of my first putter. My primary drive is only 1.6g. >I picked up a new drive, 15 gig Maxtor and I want to replace my 560 w/ it. >the instr dont really get into installing as a slave. I know I have to set >the jumpers to slave. Do I have to change anything in the Bios? >Will I need my W98 cd? Are there any sites that could be of any help? > > TIA. Doug D > > >

I actually put in a Maxtor slave HD only yesterday, actually! You'll need the correct positioning of the jumpers, like you say, (Maxtor have them on their site) and yes, go to CMOS/BIOS, and hit the Auto Detect selection. Say yes to everything (default is no), and that's all. DISCLAIMER: This worked for me, no guarantee it'll work for you. Colin. Gandolf1 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uwD76.14137$[email hidden]...

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> Good morning all, My slave HD craped out and I want to replace it. > It was a old 560mb out of my first putter. My primary drive is only 1.6g. > I picked up a new drive, 15 gig Maxtor and I want to replace my 560 w/ it. > the instr dont really get into installing as a slave. I know I have to set > the jumpers to slave. Do I have to change anything in the Bios? > Will I need my W98 cd? Are there any sites that could be of any help? > > TIA. Doug D > > > >

whoo, take it easy. Do you knwo if your MB takes a 15 Gig HDD ? Then why don't you put the big one master and your 1.6G as the slave, don't forget that the bigger the drive is the faster it goes.... Use ghost to clone your 1.6 data on the 15G so you don't lose ANYTHING, you don't have to change ANYTHING....works like in a dream "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: mIM96.8169$[email hidden]... > I actually put in a Maxtor slave HD only yesterday, actually! You'll need > the correct positioning of the jumpers, like you say, (Maxtor have them on > their site) and yes, go to CMOS/BIOS, and hit the Auto Detect selection.Say

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> yes to everything (default is no), and that's all. DISCLAIMER: This worked > for me, no guarantee it'll work for you. > Colin. > > Gandolf1 <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uwD76.14137$[email hidden]... > > Good morning all, My slave HD craped out and I want to replace it. > > It was a old 560mb out of my first putter. My primary drive is only

1.6g. > > I picked up a new drive, 15 gig Maxtor and I want to replace my 560 w/it. > > the instr dont really get into installing as a slave. I know I have toset

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> > the jumpers to slave. Do I have to change anything in the Bios? > > Will I need my W98 cd? Are there any sites that could be of any help? > > > > TIA. Doug D > > > > > > > > > >

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:51:37 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: > don't >forget that the bigger the drive is the faster it goes.... I have a 15G Maxtor as my main drive. It runs @ 7200 RPM and is ATA66. I have a 20.4G Western Digital as the slave drive. It runs @ 5400 RPM and is ATA33. Please explain how my slave drive is faster than my main drive. ~daxe

provided the drives are the same size 'physically' and the same ATA speed and the same rpm there will be more data per sq.cm or sq.in whatever. and the bigger drive will get more data in one revolution than the small, just because they are more densely packed on the big one.... "daxe" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: [email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:51:37 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > don't > >forget that the bigger the drive is the faster it goes.... > > I have a 15G Maxtor as my main drive. It runs @ 7200 RPM and is > ATA66. > > I have a 20.4G Western Digital as the slave drive. It runs @ 5400 RPM > and is ATA33. > > Please explain how my slave drive is faster than my main drive. > > > ~daxe >

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:33:39 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: >provided the drives are the same size 'physically' and the same ATA speed >and the same rpm there will be more data per sq.cm or sq.in whatever. and >the bigger drive will get more data in one revolution than the small, just >because they are more densely packed on the big one.... OK. I'll just assume all your incorrect global statements are as a result of the technical qualifications to the statement you failed to mention. ~daxe

yes, I should havesaid more,but when you compare things you want to have a reaso able similitude at the start. No point comparing the lap time in monza in GPL and GP3.... "daxe" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: [email hidden]... > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:33:39 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >provided the drives are the same size 'physically' and the same ATA speed > >and the same rpm there will be more data per sq.cm or sq.in whatever. and > >the bigger drive will get more data in one revolution than the small,just

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> >because they are more densely packed on the big one.... > > OK. I'll just assume all your incorrect global statements are as a > result of the technical qualifications to the statement you failed to > mention. > > ~daxe

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 15:08:31 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: >yes, I should havesaid more,but when you compare things you want to have a >reaso able similitude at the start. This is true, but I aften have to advise people who are not very knowledgeable in computers and I am sensitive to broad statements that can easily be misleading. As I'm sure you know, the ATA burst transfer rate, rotational speed and access times are really what determine a drives "speed". It is possible to buy a smaller, faster drive, even for less money, so informing someone that a larger (and more expensive) drive is always faster is misleading. In your example, I believe you were contrasting against a 1.6G drive, which would certainly be slower than anything available today. In that context you were certainly correct. ~daxe

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:33:39 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: >provided the drives are the same size 'physically' and the same ATA speed >and the same rpm there will be more data per sq.cm or sq.in whatever. and >the bigger drive will get more data in one revolution than the small, just >because they are more densely packed on the big one.... and of course this is what a neophyte computer enthusiast is thinking about when you tell him a larger drive is faster? I don't think so. That's my whole point. ~daxe