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Xcess78
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_ 		27. July 2006 @ 11:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Okay so I have a 300 gigabyte maxtor HDD, and i have the boot disk for it and everything, but my question is, how do i install it? Do i put it on slave or master or other on the jumper? I have it all hooked up but it just doesnt seem to work... thanks for the help
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a7xsoad
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_ 		27. July 2006 @ 12:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what's the connection type? Sata? IDE?
What's the original hard drive type in the system?
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8pcx9
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_ 		27. July 2006 @ 12:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also depends on what u want
u probably want it to be a slave because all ur windows and system stuff is on ur original one
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Xcess78
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_ 		27. July 2006 @ 13:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well, what exactly do slave & master mean? my HDD is a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300R0 300GB PATA133
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vegeta66
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_ 		27. July 2006 @ 15:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have ur original hd as master and ur new 300gb as a slave drive
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ddp
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_ 		27. July 2006 @ 18:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
to set the drive as master or slave is done by a jumper. info is printed ontop of drive or in booklet that came with drive. can only have 1 master & 1 slave on each ide cable.
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