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A technician is trying to Master/Slave two good IDE hard drives, C and D. Drive D is installed as a Slave to drive C, but both do not work. The same problem occurs when drive C is installed as a…

The correct answer is C. conclude that drives C and D are not compatible. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A technician is trying to Master/Slave two good IDE hard drives, C and D. Drive D is installed as a Slave to drive C, but both do not work. The same problem occurs when drive C is installed as a Slave to drive D. Assuming that the technician used correct jumper settings in both instances, what should be done NEXT?

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  • Areplace drives C and D, because both are now defective
  • Bconclude that drives C and D are non-standard
  • Cconclude that drives C and D are not compatible
  • Dreplace drive D, because it is now defective

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  • B
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  • C
    81% (30)
  • D
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