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Hard Drive Jumper Configuration

Before installing the Hard Drive you first have to make sure that the jumpers are set properly. Its best to keep your hard drive as the master. Typically, computer setups have two IDE channels which usually hold a Hard Drive and a CD-ROM drive. These channels are able to control two devices, this gives you an availability of four devices on one system. If you plan on building a typical system then make both the CD-ROM drive and the hard drive masters, and plug each of them into a separate IDE channel. If you plan on having more than two drives than keep your main hard drive and CD-ROM drive as the master and set any additional devices as slaves.      This is an example of the back of a fairly standard hard drive. Different companies have different jumper configurations though, so be sure and check your manual and the schematic on the top of your hard drive to be sure of what is correct for your system.      * Cable Select (CS) systems utilize a special cable configuration where the hard drive's position on the ATA cable determines its master or slave status. In this type of configuration, both drives must have their jumpers set to CS.

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