Hard Drifve Help PLEASE

Ok i just bought a 80 gig hard drive...i have a 4 gig that has an OS installed but wont boot i want to be able to get my other stuff off of my 4 gig but i cant get the jumper settings right. i have the hard drive installed right my comp wont show that its there any info would help the four gig is a quantum fireball CR 3.5 series

 

Look on the HDDs there will be pictures showing you how to set up the jumpers.

Make the 4 gig one the master and place it on the end connector. Place the new HDD on the middle connector as a slave.

Alternatively make the 80 gig one a master and install an OS on it. Then, and only then, put your 4 gig one in as a slave.

 

Ive tried the directions on there but theyre not very accurate and i cant really understand them any other suggestions

 

Do you have windows installed on the 80 gig hard drive?

BTW to boot from a disk it has to be master. This can be done by setting the jumper correctly.

Try booting just with your 80 gig and install windows on it if you haven't already.
Then hook up your 4 gig one as a slave and transfer the data over.

 

i have windows installed and when i hook the 4 gig up it doesnt regonize that its there

 

I think you should look in the BIOS at the IDE settings, make sure it's on auto detect.

Are you sure the 4 gig one is configured properly as a slave?

 

thats what i need help on to make it a slave lol

 

There are jumpers on the back and if you look on the drive itself you can see a picture that shows you how to do it. It may even be a small picture on the back of the drive next to the jumper.
When you've set the jumper correctly place it on the middle connector and it should work.

 

ive put a jumper on evryone and booted over and over again but none work like every one

 

Remove the Jumper completely from the drive that you wish to configure as Slave
Which OS Did you have on the 4 GB Harddrive ?
What are you planning to install or have installed in the 80 GB HDD ?

 

i had xp on the 4 and i have xp on the 80

 

What's the file system that you have used to Install XP ?

NTFS or Fat 32 ?

 

ntfs i think

 

Did you try removing the Jumper fromt he slave drive ?

 

yes i did nothing seems to work ive tried all the jumper setting ive got it to show that theres new hardware but i cant install it

 

Could you please Attach a Screen shot of your Device Manager and the Disk Management Screens ?