Maxtor ATA Hard Drive Installation Manual page 15

Typical ATA Device Configurations
Most systems are capable of holding four ATA/IDE devices, two
devices on the primary cable and two devices on the secondary cable or
port. Typical configurations are as follows:
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New System or Failed Boot Drive
(See "Installing a New Boot Drive (Windows 98, Me)" on page 19.)
Cable Position
Primary Master, 0:
Primary Slave, 1:
Secondary Master, 0:
Secondary Slave, 1:
Existing System with Single ATAPI (CD/DVD/Zip) Drive
(See Figure 10 and "Installing an Additional Storage Drive or
Replacement Boot Drive (Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP)" on page 23.)
Cable Position
Primary Master, 0:
Primary Slave, 1:
Secondary Master, 0:
Secondary Slave, 1:
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Device
Boot Drive (New Maxtor Drive)
No Device
CD-ROM
No Device
Device
Boot Drive
Additional Storage Drive (New Maxtor Drive)
CD-ROM
No Device
Primary Master, 0
(Boot Drive)
Secondary Master,
Secondary Slave, 1
Primary Slave, 1
(Additional
Storage)
Primary
Motherboard
Connection
Figure 10. Typical
Device Configuration
0 (CD-ROM)
(Open)
Secondary
Motherboard
Connection