All that you said is the same data that I previously got sometime back from
WD's website except I also found that for a 10 pin Single (Neutral Position)
to use Jumper 4 and 6. Leaving the 10 pin blank is also for the Single
(Standard Installation).

By 1 and 2 jumper positions I was referring to the Cable Select.

What you said is true and I am sorry to have confused you.

ColTom2


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Hi Anna:

I am so delighted to see you answering my question, as you were the one
back in Feb 2008 that answered my original questions when I purchased this
HDD. Your reply then was the most informative and provided me with the
much
needed info. In fact, it was you who alerted me about it being imperative
to
shutdown immediately after completion of clone and remove backup HDD. I
still have a lot to learn about HDD's as you can probably tell.

1. My current system boots fine and I ran an analysis last night with
Spinrite and no problems were detected. I have it connected to the end of
IDE cable with jumper in the no 4 and 6 position..

2. Yes the disk cloning process completed with no problems even though I
did get some kind of sector problem notice. Using Acronis it shutdown the
computer upon completion of clone. The cloned drive was detected as Drive
"F" which was my next available letter. However, I forgot to remove the
HDD
as you advised me to do so.

3. I just assume that the problem that I currently have was caused by not
removing the HDD upon completion of clone, as I have cloned it previously
with no problems using both WD and Acronis software.

4. I tried to use Spinrite to check this HDD, but could not get Spinrite
to
work even though it's a bootable CD, as you probably know. As I recall
Spinrite did identify the HDD in BIOS, but the HDD did not show up
otherwise
where I could select it to run a repair or analysis. As I mentioned in my
original post the HDD does not show up in Disk Management.

5. I have tried connecting it using cable select method as Primary Slave
with the jumpers in position 1 and 2 on both HD's. Also tried connecting
it
as Primary Master with jumper in 4 and 6 position. I don't know what a
PATA
HDD is, but as I recall it's a SATA HDD.

6. My other two computers are laptops so I do not have a source to connect
this HDD. However, I do have an adapter kit for connecting USB 2.0 to
SATA/IDE cable and plan to do so later today. I will reply back to you the
results, as I now wonder if I am getting power to this HDD.

I am hoping that I can find a solution and I am most delighted to have
you
back assisting me. I know if anyone can resolve this you can.

Thanks,

Tom

Tom, I guess Anna understands what your talking about but for the benefit of
myself and others that may be trying to follow this post I would like you to
clarify what you stated about the positions of the jumpers on this WD PATA
hard drive. You refer to positions 1 and 2 and then positions 4 and 6. I
have no idea what you are talking about. That particular WD drive has a 10
pin connector between the power and data cable. It consists of 2 rows of 5
pins and they are labelled right to left, 1 thru 9 on the top and 2 thru 10
on the bottom. Jumpers are placed connecting the upper and lower set of
pins. Jumpering pins 1 and 2 together (2 pins closest to the power plug) is
the Cable Select jumper position. Single drive by itself has no jumpers
installed and would normally be a master only installed at the end of the
cable. Master with a slave attached is jumpered pins 5 to 6, the slave
drive would be jumpered pins 3 to 4. This information was obtained on the
WD website. So would you clarify what you mean by positions 1 and 2 or 4
and 6.
Thanks