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janined
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_ 		16. May 2009 @ 15:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi i'm wondering if someone could help me, I'm a bit confused.
I have installed a second HD in to my desktop computer as a slave drive. I have set the jumpers correctly and installed it correctly and turned the pc on which came to my bois. this is where im stuck and need some help as i cant get back on to my windows (I'm on a laptop at the moment}. I need help with the bios settings to set the drive to slave so i can save and boot my computer back up.
Thanks so much. Jen
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Shamb1es
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_ 		17. May 2009 @ 03:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the first drive's jumper is set to 'cable select' the 2nd will need to do that same, or set the first drive as master. My only other guess is that your 2nd drive is plugged into the connector that the first drive used to occupy on the IDE cable. I'm not sure how IDE works but if that is possible it could be trying to find boot information on the 2nd drive in which case you'd only have to change the boot order in your bios.
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sammorris
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_ 		19. May 2009 @ 15:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
In advanced bios features or something like that, there should be 'Hard disk priority' - you need to set your new drive to be Below the old one on that list. The names will be relatively complex, but there should be something in there you can recognise, for instance
WD5000AAKS-00TMA0 is a 500GB drive due to the 5000 part.
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