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July 30th 12, 10:25 PM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
I loaned a friend an old XP PC that has a master and slave drive. He
lives some distance from here. I'm pretty sure my drives are WD. He's trying to replace my slave with a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A used as a master on an old XP PC of his, but is running into problems. The Seagate drive doesn't use jumpers as a slave. It just won't boot. It does boot with the two WDs. Comments? 
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July 30th 12, 11:57 PM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:25:31 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote: I loaned a friend an old XP PC that has a master and slave drive. He lives some distance from here. I'm pretty sure my drives are WD. He's trying to replace my slave with a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A used as a master on an old XP PC of his, but is running into problems. The Seagate drive doesn't use jumpers as a slave. It just won't boot. It does boot with the two WDs. Comments? If you're going to use jumpers, both drives have to be jumpered correctly. If the ST360020A will be the Slave, remove all jumpers. (You already know this, since you mentioned it above.) Also, be sure it's connected to the Slave connector on the IDE cable. Speaking of the IDE cable, I would use an 80-conductor cable rather than the older 40-conductor type, although that shouldn't be a total barrier to operation. Regarding the Master, then, be sure it's jumpered in a way that allows the Slave to be present, and be sure the Master is connected to the proper connector on the IDE cable. No hints on proper jumpering because you didn't provide the model number. Before trying to boot with the new configuration, and especially since there's apparently a problem, be sure to enter the BIOS configuration screen and make sure both drives are properly recognized, (make, model, size, and master/slave status), before proceeding. If all of that is good and the system won't boot, provide details on exactly what happens. Boot progress, error messages, etc. There's a slim possibility that the system's boot files are on the drive that was removed, but you can see if that's the case by looking at Disk Management. Not sure if you've already checked that.
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July 31st 12, 12:42 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On 7/30/2012 3:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:25:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: I loaned a friend an old XP PC that has a master and slave drive. He lives some distance from here. I'm pretty sure my drives are WD. He's trying to replace my slave with a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A used as a master on an old XP PC of his, but is running into problems. The Seagate drive doesn't use jumpers as a slave. It just won't boot. It does boot with the two WDs. Comments? If you're going to use jumpers, both drives have to be jumpered correctly. If the ST360020A will be the Slave, remove all jumpers. (You already know this, since you mentioned it above.) Also, be sure it's connected to the Slave connector on the IDE cable. Speaking of the IDE cable, I would use an 80-conductor cable rather than the older 40-conductor type, although that shouldn't be a total barrier to operation. Regarding the Master, then, be sure it's jumpered in a way that allows the Slave to be present, and be sure the Master is connected to the proper connector on the IDE cable. No hints on proper jumpering because you didn't provide the model number. Before trying to boot with the new configuration, and especially since there's apparently a problem, be sure to enter the BIOS configuration screen and make sure both drives are properly recognized, (make, model, size, and master/slave status), before proceeding. If all of that is good and the system won't boot, provide details on exactly what happens. Boot progress, error messages, etc. There's a slim possibility that the system's boot files are on the drive that was removed, but you can see if that's the case by looking at Disk Management. Not sure if you've already checked that. Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off.
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July 31st 12, 02:20 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks.
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August 23rd 12, 12:04 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing?
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August 23rd 12, 12:45 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter?
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August 23rd 12, 12:53 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On 8/22/2012 4:45 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter? Yes.
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August 23rd 12, 03:08 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:53:55 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote: On 8/22/2012 4:45 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter? Yes. Good. I love happy endings.
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August 23rd 12, 04:06 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On 8/22/2012 7:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:53:55 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 8/22/2012 4:45 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter? Yes. Good. I love happy endings. There is no happy ending. The problem persists. There is no drive letter. If one goes into Device Drivers, the Seagate is there. There are three partitions on the primary C: drive. C:, D:, and E:. He has the Seagate on the secondary drive, and it cannot be seen or accessed at all.
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August 23rd 12, 05:35 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:06:51 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote: On 8/22/2012 7:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:53:55 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 8/22/2012 4:45 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter? Yes. Good. I love happy endings. There is no happy ending. The problem persists. There is no drive letter. If one goes into Device Drivers, the Seagate is there. There are three partitions on the primary C: drive. C:, D:, and E:. He has the Seagate on the secondary drive, and it cannot be seen or accessed at all. Disk Management is where you want to go, not Device Manager. From Start-Run, type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter. Once in Disk management, verify that the drive is detected, and detected properly, then right click on it and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths". Click Add, select a letter, and OK your way out.
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August 23rd 12, 05:46 AM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On 8/22/2012 9:35 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:06:51 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 8/22/2012 7:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:53:55 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 8/22/2012 4:45 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter? Yes. Good. I love happy endings. There is no happy ending. The problem persists. There is no drive letter. If one goes into Device Drivers, the Seagate is there. There are three partitions on the primary C: drive. C:, D:, and E:. He has the Seagate on the secondary drive, and it cannot be seen or accessed at all. Disk Management is where you want to go, not Device Manager. From Start-Run, type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter. Once in Disk management, verify that the drive is detected, and detected properly, then right click on it and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths". Click Add, select a letter, and OK your way out. We actually started down the disk mgmt. way, but couldn't see his Seagate. There was a row labeled Disk 0: C: D: E:, and maybe another row labeled G: H:. That left F: unaccounted for. G and are the CD and DVD drives. C, D, and E are partitions of a WDC drive. I sent him your instructions anyway, so we'll see what happens eventually.
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October 17th 12, 01:26 PM
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Putting a Seagate U6 Model ST360020A HD as a slave
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:46:38 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote: On 8/22/2012 9:35 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:06:51 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 8/22/2012 7:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:53:55 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 8/22/2012 4:45 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:04:31 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: On 7/30/2012 6:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:42:56 -0700, "W. eWatson" wrote: Thanks for the tips, but the puzzle was solved. He had not taken the jumper on the drive off. Cool, thanks. Well, my friend returned to copy material off of the seagate onto a usb thumb drive. He cannot see the drive when he is booted up. He can see it in bios. What's missing? A drive letter? Yes. Good. I love happy endings. There is no happy ending. The problem persists. There is no drive letter. If one goes into Device Drivers, the Seagate is there. There are three partitions on the primary C: drive. C:, D:, and E:. He has the Seagate on the secondary drive, and it cannot be seen or accessed at all. Disk Management is where you want to go, not Device Manager. From Start-Run, type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter. Once in Disk management, verify that the drive is detected, and detected properly, then right click on it and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths". Click Add, select a letter, and OK your way out. We actually started down the disk mgmt. way, but couldn't see his Seagate. There was a row labeled Disk 0: C: D: E:, and maybe another row labeled G: H:. That left F: unaccounted for. G and are the CD and DVD drives. C, D, and E are partitions of a WDC drive. I sent him your instructions anyway, so we'll see what happens eventually. This drive needs to be formatted. Thats the problem :-)
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