installing a second hard drive...

[xlh1000]

I want to install a second hard drive (IDE) in my computer.
The more i read, the more confused i became with differing opinions and procedures.
My questions pertain to the jumper positions of the master drive and slave drive.

1) first i read that the main hard drive jumper needs to be changed from 'master' to 'primary with slave'.
Then, i read that it is already set and should remain as 'master'. The latter being correct, i assume?

2) the hard drive i plan to install is used. It is a Samsung SP0802N.
The jumper pin settings are as follows.
As a slave, it shows 2 ways to configure. The first being with the jumper removed all together. I read that this is fine for storage, but not if i wanted to install a second operating system, which i do. (Linux)
The second configuration is 'limit capacity to 32gb'.
So which do i choose?

Thank you.

 

[wahnula]

Just an organizational thing...and not really that important. Most important is that YOU understand your naming scheme and that it works for you. Typically data drives are assigned the letter D:, that's what edfair was referring to. I always name my backup drive as B:, my recovery volume as R:, my shared drive as S:, my Vista volume as V: etc.

No need to go in alphabetical order.

Tony

Users helping Users...

 

[xlh1000]

Thank you for the clarification wahnula.
I can be an idiot when it comes to this stuff.