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Changing Jumpers....

zawada101

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would i lose any data on a hard drive if i change the jumper? i have one set to cable select, and i just got a new hdd thats set for secondary. i want to chnge the cable select to primary.
 
your welcome, if there are any issues
use cable select for both
its very rare but some HDDs dont play well with each other

of course the physical config (channel, master slave, partition type) determines the drive letter assignments

for Parallel ATA\IDE the following order would be the drive letters
-- Primary Master primary partition
-- Primary Slave primary partition
-- Secondary Master primary partition
-- Secondary Slave primary partition
-- Primary Master extended partition with logical drives
-- Primary Slave extended partition with logical drives
-- Secondary Master extended partition with logical drives
-- Secondary Slave extended partition with logical drives
-- Removable media (CD-ROM) or other software driven devices with drive letters

of course that doesnt address the fact your allowed up to 4 primary partitions per HDD (or 3 with an extended and its own logical drives) :p

and How Windows 2000 Assigns, Reserves, and Stores Drive Letters

BASIC Disk - Drive Letter Assignment Rules
The following are the basic disk drive letter assignment rules for Windows 2000: (and XP ect as well)

* Scan all fixed hard disks as they are enumerated, assign drive letters starting with any active primary partitions (if there is one), otherwise, scan the first primary partition on each drive. Assign next available letter starting with C:
* Repeat scan for all fixed hard disks and removable (JAZ, MO) disks and assign drive letters to all logical drives in an extended partition, or the removable disk(s) as enumerated. Assign next available letter starting with C:.
* Finally, repeat scan for all fixed hard disk drives, and assign drive letters to all remaining primary partitions. Assign next available letter starting with C:.
* Floppy drives. Assign letter starting with A:
* CD-ROM drives. Assign next available letter starting with D:.

any more questions feel free to post back

and make sure the master is at the end on the cable ;)
 
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