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How To Install Slave Hard Drive?

Started by madnlooney , Nov 07 2005 11:34 AM

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#16 madnlooney

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 03:37 PM

thats why it says 32gb i remember the back saying 32gb slave which its set to, the other slave setting was diasable auto spin up. i think i will get a 20gb drive for the slave and use this 80gb one for another computer. thank you for all the help. i will try partitioning and formating the computer when im next back at girlfriends house.

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 05:50 PM

If you just remove that 32GB jumper you should find the whole 80GB drive is available. But you need to do this before you partition or format it.

Here is jumper setting information for your drive - http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/7k80/7k80jum.htm

Let us know how it works out. :thumbsup:

Edited by Rimmer, 09 November 2005 - 06:08 PM.

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#18 madnlooney

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Posted 11 November 2005 - 05:29 PM

i decided to put a different hard drive in there in the end which was preformated so computer found it straight away. thank you for all the help as it will help me out when i stick the hitachi in my new comp ive decided to build