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re: Switching IDE Master and Slave HDD's Monday, March 13, 2006 at 2:52 pm Posted by Kiwi (2228 messages posted) It's "Cable Select", and that is often how drives are shipped when new. Because the system can tell which of the two is attached to the farthest end, and that is always the Master, but both should not have their jumpers the same, either. Whichever one you choose to be Master should be jumpered that way, as well as attached at the end, then the other is attached in the middle, with its jumper (usually) set to be the Slave. . Kiwi ** On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 1:10 pm, andrew wrote: >My computer has 2 HDD's, one Primary IDE Master, and one Primary IDE Slave. What >i'm trying to do is switch which HDD the computer recognizes as the Master and which >is recognized at the Slave. The problem I'm having is that when I opened up the >computer, the Master drives jumper was set to "Master", but the Slave drives jumper >was set to Cable set. What would I do to make the Master HDD the Slave and the Slave >HDD the Master (i.e. where would I set the jumpers, which IDE's would I use, etc)? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Switching IDE Master and Slave HDD's Monday, March 13, 2006 at 4:24 pm Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) Andrew, Unless there is an operating System On the CURRENT Slave drive, I would not recommend the change you're attempting. The Master Jumper tells windows which drive to look for for the Boot sector. At the very least you'll have to go into the BIOS and change the Boot Drive to #2 HDD. Post back with what you are trying to accomplish with this HDD switch. On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 1:10 pm, andrew wrote: >My computer has 2 HDD's, one Primary IDE Master, and one Primary IDE Slave. What >i'm trying to do is switch which HDD the computer recognizes as the Master and which >is recognized at the Slave. The problem I'm having is that when I opened up the >computer, the Master drives jumper was set to "Master", but the Slave drives jumper >was set to Cable set. What would I do to make the Master HDD the Slave and the Slave >HDD the Master (i.e. where would I set the jumpers, which IDE's would I use, etc)? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Switching IDE Master and Slave HDD's Monday, March 13, 2006 at 5:55 pm Posted by andrew (11 messages posted) Yeah, thats right (Cable Select, not "set") sorry, I was typing off the top of my head. Anyway, thats helpful, thank you. On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 2:52 pm, Kiwi wrote: >It's "Cable Select", and that is often how drives are shipped when new. Because >the system can tell which of the two is attached to the farthest end, and that is >always the Master, but both should not have their jumpers the same, either. > >Whichever one you choose to be Master should be jumpered that way, as well as attached >at the end, then the other is attached in the middle, with its jumper (usually) >set to be the Slave. > > > > . > >Kiwi > >** > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Switching IDE Master and Slave HDD's Monday, March 13, 2006 at 6:04 pm Posted by andrew (11 messages posted) Right now the OS on the current Master drive is, as far as I can tell, completely messed up to the point where its impossible to fix, unless someone here knows how to fix it. Anyway, the problem is, I cant just reformat the current Master drive because I would lose some things that i'd like to save (pictures, text files, etc.) So, I figure if i can just make my spare Slave HDD the Master HDD, I can just install a fresh OS on it, and salvage whatever I can off the old one. On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 4:24 pm, bob wells wrote: >Andrew, > >Unless there is an operating System On the CURRENT Slave drive, I would not recommend >the change you're attempting. The Master Jumper tells windows which drive to look >for for the Boot sector. At the very least you'll have to go into the BIOS and change >the Boot Drive to #2 HDD. > >Post back with what you are trying to accomplish with this HDD switch. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Switching IDE Master and Slave HDD's Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:29 pm Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) andrew, Pull the Hdd and install it in another Win98 system. Recover what you can, then reinstall, Fdisk/format and do a clean install of your OS. Lots less trouble. BW On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 6:04 pm, andrew wrote: > >Right now the OS on the current Master drive is, as far as I can tell, completely >messed up to the point where its impossible to fix, unless someone here knows how >to fix it. Anyway, the problem is, I cant just reformat the current Master drive >because I would lose some things that i'd like to save (pictures, text files, etc.) >So, I figure if i can just make my spare Slave HDD the Master HDD, I can just install >a fresh OS on it, and salvage whatever I can off the old one. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Switching IDE Master and Slave HDD's Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 5:33 am Posted by JasperT2 (28 messages posted) This Question does not belong on this forum. This in not a Win 98 question and should not have been posted here. While we all like to help - this is the wrong place for this question. It belongs in a hardware or troubleshooting forum. On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 1:10 pm, andrew wrote: >My computer has 2 HDD's, one Primary IDE Master, and one Primary IDE Slave. What >i'm trying to do is switch which HDD the computer recognizes as the Master and which >is recognized at the Slave. The problem I'm having is that when I opened up the >computer, the Master drives jumper was set to "Master", but the Slave drives jumper >was set to Cable set. What would I do to make the Master HDD the Slave and the Slave >HDD the Master (i.e. where would I set the jumpers, which IDE's would I use, etc)? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum