An original PCHF tutorial by Zimbo

Before we start, make sure that the machine you will be putting this hard drive into has Antivirus software running on it.

I find this to be the simplest and most efficient method when connecting a slave drive to your computer.

Firstly you will need to remove your hard drive (from the trouble PC) and change the jumper setting to slave.

Jumpers settings tend to differ on hard drives but there are normally two different types of settings, see diagrams below:



The hard drive will have a diagram on it, either on the side like this or on the top.
The diagram is self explanatory; just connect the jumper as directed in diagram to get your desired setting.



Sometimes the jumper settings are written on the back of the hard drive,

? MA ---- Master
? SL? ---- Slave
? CS? ---- Cable Select




Now that you have set the jumper on your hard drive to slave you will need to open up your working machine.

This is a basic motherboard layout, what we need you to take note of is the IDE slots at the bottom of the board




Zoomed in picture of IDE slots.

Look for the labels next to the IDE slots these will tell you which slot is which.

If you have a CD-ROM connected I suggest that you disconnect it for this task.

There should be an IDE cable connected to both IDE1 and IDE2

The cable connected to IDE1 should run to the hard drive that is currently in your machine so we shall leave this alone.

The cable connected to IDE2 (if there is one connected) should connect to your CD-ROM drives, if this is the case then disconnect the cable at the CD-ROM side. (Along with its power cable)

If there is not an IDE cable connected to IDE2 then you will need to connect the drive to IDE1.
In this case, leave the current hard drive connected and disconnect the end that connects to the CDROM, and then plug your hard drive into that end along with the power cable.

Make sure that when you connect the IDE cable to your hard drive that the Red line (sometimes blue) is facing the power connector, see below:



Now that you have connected the drive to the IDE cable and power cable it is time to boot your computer.

Once you get into windows it should automatically detect the hard drive and you should be able to browse to it through Windows Explorer.

You can now backup any information that you need from the drive, when finished power down your system, set the jumper setting back to master and connect to old machine.

Please inform us if you discover any omissions or errors in this guide.