[iudoe]

Hi,
I’ve just purchased a Maxtor IDE harddrive and after getting it home I realise that it’s base is exposed displaying circuitry etc.It appears as if it’s missing something (a cover perhaps) as I can’t remember ever seeing such a thing before. The harddrives that I’ve had in the past have all been self contained as far as I can recall.

I bought it at a really good price - first hand and I’m beginning to wonder if that’s the reason. What do you think? My intention is to use it as a backup drive and mount it in an external box. Will it matter that the electronics are showing? I guess when backing up data you want to feel confident in the media that you will be using.

My second query is this:

At the moment the various drives I have already installed are set up like this:

Pri. Master - Yes
Pri. Slave - None
Sec. Master - CD-ROM
Sec. Slave - CD-ROM

So if I set the jumpers for this new harddrive to Pri.Slave (presuming it’s ok to use it as it is) will that work?

Thanks in advance.

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[hudihoo]

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[iudoe]

Thanks