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Topic: Re-using an old hard drive |
Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2002 8:53 am |
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I'm considering removing the hard drive out of my old (6 years) system and using it in my new system as secondary storage. The drive is closer to 3 years old and is a 10 GB.
My new system says it uses "cable sense" to determine which disk is master/slave. I'll have to contact Dell to determine how to jumper the old drive for "cable sense".
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Mark Ardito
From:
Chicago, IL, USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2002 12:11 pm
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Ron,
If you look at the sticker on the Hard Drive itself, it should tell you what jumpers you need to have on in order for the old drive to be "Cable Detect". Give that a try and let me know. There should be a illustration on the sticker of the HD.
Mark
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2002 9:56 pm
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Ron;
Don't lose the little jumper clip! 
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My best,
Ernie
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Mark Ardito
From:
Chicago, IL, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2002 6:45 am
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Yeah, those clips are small and I always have a problem holding onto them. The best way I have found to grab them is with a pair of tweezers. This way you can get them off of the pins with out using your fingernail and then shooting it across the room.
Mark
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John Gretzinger
From:
Canoga Park, CA
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Posted 27 Nov 2002 10:45 am
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Ron -
Another option is to go to the web site of the drive maker - find their search button and type in the drive model number. You will get the tech specs and diagrams of where the jumpers go.
You do not have to use the cable sense setting if you don't want to, or if your drive does not support it - just set it as a slave (that may mean you also have to set the other as a master).
jdg
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Don Benoit
From:
Okanagan Falls, BC
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Posted 27 Nov 2002 5:00 pm
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| You can use the cable select position on the hard drive only if you use a "cable select" ribbon cable which is different that a normal IDE cable. |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 29 Nov 2002 9:55 pm
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| . [This message was edited by Jody Carver on 29 November 2002 at 09:57 PM.] |
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