Saleenfan Report post Posted July 16, 2009 I got another hard drive and I want to have it set up as a secondary (aka slave i believe) well its a seagate barracuda 7200.10 drive and I can not for the life of me figure out how to set it up as a "non primary" drive. Help please.I hooked up all of the cables and my computer came up and said "new hardware installed and ready to use" but it wasnt really recognizing the drive so I am at a total loss now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted July 16, 2009 I'm assuming it's a SATA disk. Do you see the disk listed when you boot up the computer in the BIOS? If so you probably just need to create a partition. Right click on "My computer" and then click manage and there should be an option for storage. You no longer have "master" and "slave" drive per se, that comes back from the IDE days when you could have 2 drives per IDE controller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FerociousGTO Report post Posted July 16, 2009 I'm assuming it's a SATA disk. Do you see the disk listed when you boot up the computer in the BIOS? If so you probably just need to create a partition. Right click on "My computer" and then click manage and there should be an option for storage. You no longer have "master" and "slave" drive per se, that comes back from the IDE days when you could have 2 drives per IDE controller. Agree with sprite. Sounds like not enabled in the bios. What brand computer? On a side note not a fan of seagate or any other brand of hard drive unless it's Western Digital due to the reliability and ease for data recovery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saleenfan Report post Posted July 16, 2009 I'm assuming it's a SATA disk. Do you see the disk listed when you boot up the computer in the BIOS? If so you probably just need to create a partition. Right click on "My computer" and then click manage and there should be an option for storage. You no longer have "master" and "slave" drive per se, that comes back from the IDE days when you could have 2 drives per IDE controller. well that worked perfectly thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted July 16, 2009 well that worked perfectly thanks! No problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saleenfan Report post Posted July 16, 2009 Agree with sprite. Sounds like not enabled in the bios. What brand computer? On a side note not a fan of seagate or any other brand of hard drive unless it's Western Digital due to the reliability and ease for data recovery. well considering i got half a dozen seagate drives for free im not complaining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcabron Report post Posted July 16, 2009 My hard drive just crashed on my laptop. Time to upgrade i guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew70 Report post Posted July 16, 2009 Go MAC and you will never have to worry about anything! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intence Report post Posted July 16, 2009 mac hard drives fail too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Report post Posted July 16, 2009 Go MAC and you will never have to worry about anything! except your dignity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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