| Author: Matt Charlton
With hard drive prices decreasing and storage space increasing
almost everyday, now is a great time to purchase a second hard drive to increase your
storage capacity.
Introduction:
Okay, so you’ve just gone and bought a new 30gb
hard disk to go with your 6gb hard disk you’ve had for 3 years. You need to know how
to install it, which is why you’re reading this guide right now.
There are thee different parts to a hard disk installation.
You need to physically install the disk, tell the computer it has a new hard disk and
finally configure the disk to work with your operating system. All of these points will be
covered in detail.
Setting the jumpers:
Okay, so you need to get inside your PC, unscrew the screws
that are holding the thing together. These are normally found around the edges of the back
of the case. The number of screws can range from 2 to 6 screws, and all of them need to be
out to gain access to your base unit.
Once inside, you will see a heap of cables and a lot of
circuit boards, now don’t be scared, you can do this!
Right, we need to prepare the hard disk. Take it out of any
packaging it may have, and look carefully at the label on top. There should be a section
on this label concerning jumper settings, these are very important. If you are installing
the new hard disk and removing the old one, you can ignore this setting. However, if you
are adding the new hard disk to the existing one, you need to change the jumper settings
to slave. The jumper is a small piece of plastic with 2 metal contacts inside to connect
two pins together. It is usually located next to the IDE and power cable connectors on one
side of the hard disk. It will be set to Master as default, you need to look at the label
on the top side of the hard disk and find out where you need to place the jumper to set it
to slave mode.
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