second hard drive

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2 total messages Started by Andy K Mon, 07 Dec 1998 00:00

#56

Author: Andy K
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 00:00

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I am trying to install a Seagate 6.5Gb drive as a second HD on my PC.
I am connecting it to the CD Drive data cable, as the the second connector
on my primary hard drive data cable will not reach it. I set  the jumper to
primary on the HD and to slave on the CD Drive. The BIOS auto detects the
new drive correctly (6506MB) but when I use the Seagate Disk Manager it
tells me that the size of the HD is only 540(I think)MB. At this stage I
exit the setup process and reset the CMOS so only the primary drive is
present. When I reboot the PC however it does not boot to Windows until I
physically disconnect the new HD.

Please advise.

Andy K

Re: second hard drive

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Author: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 00:00

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Andy K wrote in message <74gfid$f7u$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...

> I am trying to install a Seagate 6.5Gb drive as a second HD on my PC.
> I am connecting it to the CD Drive data cable, as the the second connector
> on my primary hard drive data cable will not reach it. I set  the jumper to
> primary on the HD and to slave on the CD Drive. The BIOS auto detects the
> new drive correctly (6506MB) but when I use the Seagate Disk Manager it
> tells me that the size of the HD is only 540(I think)MB.

Why are you using the Seagate Disk Manager at all ?
That isnt a good idea unless you have no alternative.

The main situation you need it is where the motherboard
is rather elderly and doesnt have LBA support.

> At this stage I exit the setup process and reset the CMOS so only
> the primary drive is present.  When I reboot the PC however it does
> not boot to Windows until I physically disconnect the new HD.

The first thing to get clear is whether you need disk manager at all.

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