brian r Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hi techo riders. I'm installing a new hard drive in my computer. It has 2 hard drives, a master and a slave. I took out the slave and installed the new bigger slave drive and it won't recognize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pa. Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 The jumper settings on the new hard drive by default would be set to master or as a single drive. You will need to alter these for the drive to accept it must be a slave for you. (I needed to do this for my wife.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Hi PA. The jumpers are fine and the connection is fine. I'm replacing a 10 gig slave. I've been down the master / slave hard drive road before. When I put the old slave back in it recognizes it just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Hi PA.The jumpers are fine and the connection is fine. I'm replacing a 10 gig slave. I've been down the master / slave hard drive road before. When I put the old slave back in it recognizes it just fine. I know this is a stupid reply, but is your new drive EIDE compatable(old style) as the newer drives use a different standard and the older ones are more difficult to find. Am not sure if the connections will interchange, but there is a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted May 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Yes it's a EIDE style but I trhink the old motherboard won't recognize anything over 100G. I'm going to try to update the BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yes it's a EIDE style but I trhink the old motherboard won't recognize anything over 100G.I'm going to try to update the BIOS. Good luck with that. You may have to partition it into something it will find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tt5th Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Download a program from the drive manufacturer to complete the first format. In the case of Maxtor drives the program is 'Maxblast', Seagate also have their own. You run this program, it will complete a quick format/setup and windows will be able to see the new drive. Should sort it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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