Hard-Drive Question.

[Gunraidan]

Usually when I go to sites that tell me how to do this. It says something about "Master" or "Slave" and it is this point where they show a picture of where to set a frame around some needles. However I don't know where these needles are located on he hard-drive. Could someone please tell me?

 

[KurrentEweser]

What's the hard drives model number? If it's a SATA, it doesn't have or need any.

 

[Gunraidan]

It's SATA. (It has a little thin cable) if that's true that I have that then what do I do?

 

[brinks]

The pins are located on the back of the hard drive where you plug in the cables.

For sata hard drives, there is no need to set master/slave jumpers. Just plug in the sata cable and power cable and your set to go.

 

[KurrentEweser]

It's SATA. (It has a little thin cable) if that's true that I have that then what do I do?

Seagate Technology - How To Install and Troubleshoot Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drives

 

[Gunraidan]

It isn't detecting it. I think it may think that it's a DVD Drive. But it detects both when I go to properties and in Bios. Where do I get the driver because I can't find it at the Seagate site.

Anyone?

 

[brinks]

I think that you have to format your drive first before you can see it.

 

[Gunraidan]

How do I format? And you mean the drive I'm trying to install right?

 

[brinks]

Right-click on "My Computer", than choose "Manage" than choose "Disk Management"

Yes, only format the new one your trying to install. Choose NTFS for the file format.

 

[Baez]

If it doesn't give you the option to format it, you might have to activate the physical disk by clicking on the drive button on the left.