How Do You Change The Master/Slave Designation On A Hard Drive?
When more than one hard drive is installed on a computer system, each drive competes for control of the computer. To allow both drives to work in harmony on the same computer system, the controlling (or startup) drive is designated the master drive and the other drive is designated the slave drive. You can change this designation. The following procedure applies to any PC-compatible computer. Step 1 Decide which hard drive will be the startup (master) drive. If this drive was the startup drive previously, or if it’s a new hard drive, then the master drive designation will already be set. Step 2 To change the designation of a new drive to be a slave drive, skip to step 4. Step 3 To change the designation of an existing drive to be a slave drive: Turn off the computer, unplug the power cord, remove the drive from its drive bay, and disconnect the drive from its power cord and ribbon cable. Step 4 Check the hard drive documentation or the label on the drive itself for master/slave jumper
