CompTIA
220-301 · Question #454
An A+ Certified Technician is asked to install a new hard drive. The system currently has a hard drive on the Primary IDE channel jumpered as Master and a CD-ROM drive jumpered as Slave. There are…
The correct answer is B. install the new drive on the Primary IDE channel and jumper it as Slave and put the CD-ROM on. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An A+ Certified Technician is asked to install a new hard drive. The system currently has a hard drive on the Primary IDE channel jumpered as Master and a CD-ROM drive jumpered as Slave. There are no devices on the Secondary IDE channel. The technician wants to install the new drive without physically removing any existing drives. How should the drive be installed?
Options
- AMove the CD-ROM drive to the secondary channel and install the new hard drive on the secondary
- Binstall the new drive on the Primary IDE channel and jumper it as Slave and put the CD-ROM on
- Cinstall the new drive on the Primary IDE channel and jumper it as Cable Select
- Dinstall the new drive on the Secondary IDE channel and jumper it as Secondary Master
How the community answered
(60 responses)- A2% (1)
- B83% (50)
- C10% (6)
- D5% (3)
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