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Originally Posted by Kumaresh_Arsenal

Hi,

*** TO make a HDD "Slave" I have to REMOVE that "Jumper" or "Pin" from the Back of the HDD. Is that Correct ***

well depends on ur HDD Make...

Its normally mentioned on the HDD Sticker....

In general cases
1st position is for Master
2nd position is for Slave
3rd position is for CS
4th position for limiting the capacity(with other combinations) incase BIOS doesnt support large capacity drives

(with the Sticker facing upwarrds)

Originally Posted by Kumaresh_Arsenal

I want to connect a Slave HDD, so that I can copy my stuff from my "Master" to "Slave" HDD, but I face a few problems.

a.) There is no additional "Data cable" as well as "Power Cable" in my System to connect the Slave HDD.

In this case,

Can I disconnect the CD-ROMs "Data Cable" and "Power Cable" and connect it to my "Slave HDD" without changing anything in the
BIOS. i.e. to connect my Slave HDD to "Secondary Drive 0"..

yes ofcourse...u can disconnect ur IDE cable from ur CDROM and connect it to the Second HDD..

Originally Posted by Kumaresh_Arsenal

Will this work. Are the "Data Cable" and "Power Cable" same for HDD and CD-ROM..

Normally the CDROM is connect to the Mobrd with a "40-pin IDE Conductor cable" and a HDD with the 80-pin IDE conductor cable as most HDDs operate with UDMA2+. .
well both the cables are Identical ie 40- pin IDE cable = 80- pin IDE cable except for transfer speeds.
So u can easily connect the 40-IDE conductor cable to the Second HDD and transfer all the data u need to transfer.
Same goes for the Power chord..u can connect it to ur second HDD

Originally Posted by Kumaresh_Arsenal

Should i have to change anything in the BIOS before doing it.
.

Nope... just shut ur computer down and do the changes and then boot up..ur BIOS will automatically detect the second HDD.....

Originally Posted by Kumaresh_Arsenal

Will my "Slave HDD" be seen in the "WIndows Explorer".
.

yup...
But only if its formatted or in other words if it cud be accessed in the computer from wher u removed it ....
If its a new HDD u might need to format it.....

Hope this Helps....