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Master mode and slave mode?

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jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member -  
jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member -
Hello,
What do the terms mean concretely:

- master mode,
- slave mode?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards.
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    Passarinho44 Posted messages 977 Status Contributor 132
     
    Hello,

    The master mode means that it will be the one chosen first, the one that will be launched at the start.

    The slave mode means that it will not be launched by default and that you have to choose it to launch it.

    I hope I have answered your question.
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  2. antho62 Posted messages 1542 Status Member 21
     
    Hello, so this means that the hard drive in master mode is prioritized over the one in slave mode.
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  3. Anonymous user
     
    For hard drives?

    It's to identify them when you install them on the same IDE cable.

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    1. jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member 3
       
      So, the one you install first on the bus is the master?
      The second on the bus will be the slave?

      Thank you for the answer...
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  4. Passarinho44 Posted messages 977 Status Contributor 132
     
    Not necessarily.

    It is on the hard drive itself that you need to specify which one will be the master and which one will be the slave.
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    1. jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member 3
       
      How to specify on the hard drive?
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      1. Anonymous user > jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member
         
        http://www.dancetech.com/...

        http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/HDDConfigChart.gif
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      2. jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member 3 > Anonymous user
         
        Thank you very much for the link: simple and very useful diagram: I understood everything.

        Thank you all for the explanations.

        Best regards
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  6. antho62 Posted messages 1542 Status Member 21
     
    Yes, on each hard drive, you have a small diagram with jumpers to set depending on the choice of master or slave.
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  7. davkonlyone Posted messages 262 Status Member 24
     
    Generally, on a motherboard, you have 2 IDE controllers: primary and secondary.

    For master and slave modes, a hard drive with a system partition (OS) will be connected (IDE of course, as SATA is also available and is different) to the primary controller as master, and if it's a 2-entry IDE cable, the other device should be connected as slave (another hard drive or a DVD drive, for example).

    This is a physical operation for choosing the master/slave mode. Indeed, you need to place the jumper according to the example illustrated on the support.
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  9. oO
     
    I say he must not understand everything!

    On your hard drive, at the back, there are little pins like a mini grid, with a small black plastic piece plugged on top; depending on how it is positioned, your PC determines which disk to boot from, meaning it identifies which of the two disks is the master (the one from which it starts, therefore containing the operating system) and which is the slave (which can still have an operating system but will not be launched at startup)!
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  10. oO
     
    Subject Resolved!!! (he forgot -_')
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    1. oO
       
      I didn't say anything ><
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  11. jeanmarcb Posted messages 66 Status Member 3
     
    I understood everything and thank you all!

    Best regards
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