Hi Gregg.
Make that second HD the slave on your primary IDE channel. The CDROM drive
should be the master on the secondary IDE channel. This way, performance
from your CD drive won't be degraded.
Remember to check and make sure all your primary and secondary jumpers are
set properly on the drives.

Glenn Josephson [log in to unmask]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg Pfaff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:00 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] drive M?


Hi everyone,
Well, for a few years now this group has helped me keep my "PackardHell"
166mhz P1 going but, I'm happy to say I retired it yesterday! Now I could
use help with my new / used system. I now have an HP Pavilion 6465, 433mhz
PII, 96mb ram. I was able to take the HDD (that this group assisted me in
installing in my old system) and put it in as a slave to transfer all my
files I wanted. It worked like a charm. I would like to leave this other HDD
in this HP for backup purposes but, when I install it as a slave my CDROM
disappears? My CDROM was usually drive M but, when I install the slave HDD I
end up with drives A, C, D and no M(CDROM). I've checked all jumper settings
and tried "cable select" on them both with no success. Since this is a mini
tower case the only ribbon that would reach this HDD is the secondary IDE. I
had it in as the secondary IDE slave with the CDROM as the master. Would I
be better off puting it as the secondary IDE master and the CDROM as the
slave? or should I be making the HDD the primary IDE slave?

Your input is appreciated and respected,
Gregg Pfaff

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