Here are the specs on my new machine:
Mobo - Shuttle AK31A
CPU - AMD XP 1600+
el cheap'o vid card
RAM - 256 Crucial DDR
Drives: Sony DVD drive
(1) old 10Gig Maxtor Drive - jumpers set to master as this will be the "OS" drive
(2) brand new IBM 40Gb 120GXP drive with jumpers set to slave.
A couple quick questions before I take a whack at this. I purchased the hardware from Newegg (except the 10gig drive of course) as well as WinXP Pro. This machine isn't suppose to be a screamer but something that will get my friend through this coming year of college. I've never needed to do a 2 hard drive set up but I am more than positive I can do it. Could someone give me a quick run down of how to pop this sucker in with ease. The 120GXP has 2 jumpers on this drive. That freaked me out at first. So it has settings for 2 different types of setup? I don't know which I should be using. This drive is just OEM so i have no manual with this. I set the drive to be slave with the "16 cylinder setting" i think that's what it said. Is this right? Anyhow, I know how to plug all the hardware in...that's not the problem(aside from the jumper on the IBM drive). My question is what do I need to do on the OS end to recognize the new drive. The BIOS should detect it automatically. But how do I get windows to recognize it is there to use. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
(please don't flame me for crossposting [technical support] i just need to have this beast set up by tonight and need these few questions answered by you intelligent folk here ;o)
Mobo - Shuttle AK31A
CPU - AMD XP 1600+
el cheap'o vid card
RAM - 256 Crucial DDR
Drives: Sony DVD drive
(1) old 10Gig Maxtor Drive - jumpers set to master as this will be the "OS" drive
(2) brand new IBM 40Gb 120GXP drive with jumpers set to slave.
A couple quick questions before I take a whack at this. I purchased the hardware from Newegg (except the 10gig drive of course) as well as WinXP Pro. This machine isn't suppose to be a screamer but something that will get my friend through this coming year of college. I've never needed to do a 2 hard drive set up but I am more than positive I can do it. Could someone give me a quick run down of how to pop this sucker in with ease. The 120GXP has 2 jumpers on this drive. That freaked me out at first. So it has settings for 2 different types of setup? I don't know which I should be using. This drive is just OEM so i have no manual with this. I set the drive to be slave with the "16 cylinder setting" i think that's what it said. Is this right? Anyhow, I know how to plug all the hardware in...that's not the problem(aside from the jumper on the IBM drive). My question is what do I need to do on the OS end to recognize the new drive. The BIOS should detect it automatically. But how do I get windows to recognize it is there to use. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
(please don't flame me for crossposting [technical support] i just need to have this beast set up by tonight and need these few questions answered by you intelligent folk here ;o)