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How do you turn a hard drive from master to slave

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Hi,

To set a IDE Hard Drive as Slave you would need to change the jumpers/pins on the back of the drive

See this link Here

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2009

SOURCE: need master slave configuration

First set the jumper pin for master or slave configuration as provided in the cover of the hard disk.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 29, 2009

SOURCE: 80 GB WD hard drive being used as master with

u ll have a jumper which is located at the back where u hv ur power supply pin.. there u ll hv one pin with 6 needles on which a plastic jumper ll be there only on 2 of the six needles. that plastic jumper may be in slave mode do remove the jumper and place it in master mode.....
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  • Posted on Sep 06, 2011

SOURCE: what kind of master/slave used

Hi

The WD schematic diagrams here should tell you everything you need to know:

http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf

Good luck!

I hope this helps.

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