Rod are you there?

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Polish Prince (Szynka) <wawrzekski@worldnet.att.net> wrote

> I finally have removed the drive from my old computer.

> It is a Seagate Mod.ST340810A 40GB

> There is instructions on the drive.
> To set it as a slave, I completely
> remove the jumper.

Correct.

> It also tells me to run the BIOS
> or System Setup Program
> after installing.
> Is this necessary ?

Not really, the drive type should default to AUTO.
No real harm in checking that tho.

> After I install it, the system should
> recognize it and assign it a drive letter?

Yep.

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Thank You again Rod.

Larry

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Polish Prince (Szynka) <wawrzekski@worldnet.att.net> wrote
>
>> I finally have removed the drive from my old computer.
>
>> It is a Seagate Mod.ST340810A 40GB
>
>> There is instructions on the drive.
>> To set it as a slave, I completely
>> remove the jumper.
>
> Correct.
>
>> It also tells me to run the BIOS
>> or System Setup Program
>> after installing.
>> Is this necessary ?
>
> Not really, the drive type should default to AUTO.
> No real harm in checking that tho.
>
>> After I install it, the system should
>> recognize it and assign it a drive letter?
>
> Yep.
>