what to set jumper on new HD-dual boot Q

[manimal]

c2d 6600
intel DP965LT
300gb sata 150 HD
2gb ddr800
8800 gts


I have been running vista for a few weeks and finally decided to dual boot xp so i can play games without having to sacrifice a live chicken so I wont crash...


So I am adding a 300 gig ata drive that I have laying around. What do I set the jumper on the second drive to? One problem with the dp965lt intel board is that it has only 1 ata connector on board so it will share it with a dvdrw. So do I set the HD as master and the dvdr as slave and will that conflict with my SATA drive holding Vista.

When I first put this pc together I tried to install that drive as a storage drive from the get go but it wouldn't post for some odd reason and I never went back to figure it out.

I have since tested the ata drive on another system and it works fine so its not fakacta.


M

btw I tried searching for this problem and found alot of other threads on dual boot but none fit my issue.


M

 

[g-paw]

Set the hdd to Master and the DVD to Slave. Make sure the hdd is attached to the top connector and DVD to the second

 

[The_Prophecy]

Set the hdd to Master and the DVD to Slave. Make sure the hdd is attached to the top connector and DVD to the second

If you hardwire the drives as either master or slave (i.e. not CS), you can put either drive into either port on the ribbon cable.