CompTIA
220-301 · Question #100
A technician installs a new 80 GB ATA 100 hard drive in a system. Upon initial boot the drive is not recognized by the computer. What is the MOST likely cause of this problem?
The correct answer is C. The original 40 pin IDE cable is still in use and needs to be replaced with the new 80 pin IDE cable. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A technician installs a new 80 GB ATA 100 hard drive in a system. Upon initial boot the drive is not recognized by the computer. What is the MOST likely cause of this problem?
Options
- AThere are too many jumpers on the drive.
- BThe drive is not formatted correctly.
- CThe original 40 pin IDE cable is still in use and needs to be replaced with the new 80 pin IDE cable
- DThe drive channel is manually set to the wrong settings.
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A3% (1)
- B6% (2)
- C81% (26)
- D9% (3)
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