CompTIA
220-702 · Question #274
The customer brings their mini-tower and a new DVD/RW drive they want installed. The technician finds a second hard drive in an empty 5.25 bay connected to the secondary bus and jumpered as a slave…
The correct answer is B. Move the secondary hard drive next to the primary hard drive and connect to the primary bus. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
The customer brings their mini-tower and a new DVD/RW drive they want installed. The technician finds a second hard drive in an empty 5.25 bay connected to the secondary bus and jumpered as a slave. The ribbon cable will not stretch from the primary hard drive to the open 5.25 inch bay. Which of the following is the BEST solution?
Options
- AConnect the new DVD drive as the primary on the secondary bus and leave the old CD drive
- BMove the secondary hard drive next to the primary hard drive and connect to the primary bus.
- CMove the secondary hard drive from the secondary to the primary bus and then reformat the
- DMove the secondary hard drive to the bay and then connect it to the primary bus. Connect the
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A5% (2)
- B83% (35)
- C10% (4)
- D2% (1)
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