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hard drive cnfig help

Feb 25, 2004 7:16AM PST

I have a seagate barracuda 7200 80 gig HD and a western digital 60 gig hard drive. I want the seagate as the master and the Wd as slave.My options for the segate are
1. master or single
2. slave
3. Master with non ATA compatible slave
4. cable select
5. alternate capacity - 32 gig
should i use number 3 or 4? is my WD HD ATA compatible?
Thank you

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Re:hard drive cnfig help
Feb 25, 2004 7:25AM PST

All IDE drives are "ATA compatible" since it's just an extension on EIDE which increases burst transfer rates. All ATA drives are fully backwards compatible with EIDE controllers, and all EIDE drives are more or less fully backwards compatible with IDE controllers (they just might not be able to "see" the full capacity of the drive).

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Re:hard drive cnfig help
Feb 25, 2004 7:26AM PST

ok i found my answer the WD is An EIDE hard drive. so my next question is which would be better as the master?

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Re:Re:hard drive cnfig help
Feb 25, 2004 7:30AM PST

after reafing your post i am confused again. so which option should i choose?

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Re:Re:Re:hard drive cnfig help
Feb 25, 2004 7:33AM PST

my seagate is an ultra ATA 7200.7 .if that makes any difference

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Put them both on Cable Select, then Seagate on end of cable and WD in middle.NT
Feb 25, 2004 7:38AM PST

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That is if they are going to be on the same cable.NT
Feb 25, 2004 7:40AM PST

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Re:That is if they are going to be on the same cable.NT
Feb 25, 2004 8:30AM PST

ok thanks alot

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Re:Re:That is if they are going to be on the same cable.NT
Feb 25, 2004 11:15AM PST

i had to set the seagate as cable select and the Western Digital as slave. when they were both cable select the computer wouldnt boot up