[Jay@Dub-00]

I want to fit a second hard drive inside my desktop - for storage - the one I have is an 80 Gb (maxtor). When I opened the box the one fitted has a new (to me) type connector, much smaller than I'm used to with a narrower, thin flat red cable and different, smaller power plug. The only "standard" available connector is "piggie back" with the CD drive and when I connected it to the new drive using a spare power plug and booted up I couldn't see the CD drive OR the new one in "my computer" also the CD drive wasn't found when I tried to burn a disc. Can anyone advise?

Emachines E4216, 3.0 Gb Pentium D, XP Pro - SP3, 2 Gb RAM.

[frankjohn]

The new drive you bought sounds like a sata dtive? If so you have to connect it to a sata connector on the board>check your board ti see if you have>also connect power to the drive. Check to see if the drive is recognised in bios. you have to format the drive also.

[Jay@Dub-00]

Its not a new drive - it already has an O/S installed even. It has the IDE connection I think - about 50mm wide, 39 pins. Itsays Ultra ATA/100. Its here: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...eqTab=Features
The exististing one says it is a Sata ll
Do I need a converter cable, as the only 39 pin cable is the one going from the M/board to the CD drive.

[frankjohn]

If you have both drives connected to one cable one drive > the master with the OS on it >the other drive is called the slave drive.The jumper setting will be master for the OS drive & set the slave drive to slave.

[TheOutcaste]

Sounds like the OS is on the SATA drive. You need to check the jumper on the CD-ROM. If it's set to CS (Cable Select) you need to set the jumper on the new IDE ATA-100 drive to CS as well. If it's set to Master, the new drive needs to be set to Slave, or they both need to be set to CS.

I'd put the CD-ROM on the end of the cable (that's the Master position), and the new drive on the middle connector (that's the Slave Position).

Then you'll need to boot into the BIOS and make sure the new drive is seen. The Secondary IDE port may be disabled as there was no drive there, so you will probably need to enable it.

HTH

Jerry

[Jay@Dub-00]

The original, the one with the main O/S is Sata ll (master), The secondary is ATA/UltraATA/PATA (39 pin - IDE?). The problem I have is that the only available spare connector that fits the secondary drive is currently connected to the CD drive - at the end of the cable, and when I connect it to the next plug down the strip (and connect one of the spare power plugs of course), then both the secondary and the CD drive are not showing in My Computer.
The jumper settings shown are only for master on, slave off and cable select, not slave on (or am I missing something?)
I am going to reconnect now and try to use cable select on both CD and HDD then check in BIOS if anything shows or can be enabled... Your help is much appreciated BTW !

[Elvandil]

You definitely have your jumpers wrong. Set the new drive on the end of the cable if possible and set its jumper to master. Set the CD-ROM to slave. Or if the cable won't reach that way, then the other way around. If they both didappear when you connect the new drive, it is because the jumpers are wrong (though CS on both is worth a try, too).

[Jay@Dub-00]

I'm rapidly becoming a proper geek!!!
Everything works as it should and as I hoped... I set the HDD to cable select, the CD drive was already set this way, (Thanks Jerry (TheOutcaste) The only thing was it was trying to boot from the new drive - I just changed the boot order. Done!
Thanks to all who responded! - Its Appreciated. - John.