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| Thread ID: 41081 | 2003-12-29 17:35:00 | DIY External Hard Drive | Chemical Ali (118) | Press F1 |
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| 203992 | 2003-12-29 17:35:00 | Hi Was just wanting to check I had my facts straight on building an external hard drive. As I understand it, I could remove one of my PC's internal hard drives and put it into an external 3.25" drive enclosure and then hook it up to my PC via either USB2 and/or Firewire? At this poiint it should then just show up in "My Computer" as a functioning drive -- correct? What would I need to set the jumper setting to on this drive --- Master/Slave CS?? Thanks in Advance. C. Ali |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 203993 | 2003-12-29 18:57:00 | >What would I need to set the jumper setting to on this drive --- Master/Slave CS?? Master because you wont have any other drives external like that i take it? and i think u have got all your facts right. |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 203994 | 2003-12-30 05:12:00 | I don't think it matters all that much as its no longer tied to the IDE channel. In Windows it will come up as a removable USB/Firewire device. I've had no problems with either configuration (but in most cases I've just gone with cable select for a jumper setting). Be careful to unmount the removeable drive correctly before unplugging. If you take it offline without flushing the buffer you may loose data or even corrupt the entire disk. |
paintbuoy (3087) | ||
| 203995 | 2003-12-30 06:50:00 | For sake of clarity how exactly do you 'flush the buffer and unmount the external drive correctly?'. Cheers Mr C. Ali |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 203996 | 2003-12-30 07:00:00 | > For sake of clarity how exactly do you 'flush the > buffer and unmount the external drive > correctly?'. When you connect a USB/Firewire HDD an icon will appear in your system tray in the bottom right of your screen next to your clock - that's the control for your removeable hard drive. Before you unplug the HDD you should click on the icon and "stop device" (I think that's what it says?), and wait until it tells you the device is stopped before you unplug it. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 203997 | 2003-12-30 07:35:00 | Thought thats what it would entail but decided to seek clarification. Cheers |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
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