[SOLVED] Need help with Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive

thatoneguyyep101 · 05-24-2008, 10:04 PM

I need help with a Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive please. The problem: I had an old computer and it crashed, a severe motheboard issue, it started sparking, etc. So I've gotten another computer it is a Emachines W3644 the hard drive in it is a Hitachi Desktar HDS721616PLA380 and the capacity is 160 GB. I want the data off the old 7K80 hard drive onto the new one, and I want them hooked up into the same tower, at the same time. So what would I need to set the jumpers to? Thanks for all your help

Here's a picture of the first mentioned hard drive

(The Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100) Thanks again for your help! (=

**Deleted090308** · 05-25-2008, 04:25 AM

Welcome to TSF.

The HDD in the picture looks like a SATA drive, not an IDE.

If it's an ATA-100 - hook it up to the IDE connector with an 80-wire ribbon cable.
If the drive is alone on the cable you don't have to worry about jumpers.

thatoneguyyep101 · 06-01-2008, 01:04 AM

Thanks for welcoming me eneles! The hard drive now works, I didn't have to use jumpers, I wasted all that time looking through web pages on how they need to be set, and I didn't even need then, thanks so much! (=

**Deleted090308** · 06-01-2008, 04:38 AM

I'm glad you got it fixed.

05-24-2008, 10:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
thatoneguyyep101 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 34 OS: XP- Home Edition	[SOLVED] Need help with Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive I need help with a Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive please. The problem: I had an old computer and it crashed, a severe motheboard issue, it started sparking, etc. So I've gotten another computer it is a Emachines W3644 the hard drive in it is a Hitachi Desktar HDS721616PLA380 and the capacity is 160 GB. I want the data off the old 7K80 hard drive onto the new one, and I want them hooked up into the same tower, at the same time. So what would I need to set the jumpers to? Thanks for all your help Here's a picture of the first mentioned hard drive (The Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100) Thanks again for your help! (= Last edited by thatoneguyyep101; 05-24-2008 at 10:18 PM.

05-25-2008, 04:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Need help with Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive Welcome to TSF. The HDD in the picture looks like a SATA drive, not an IDE. If it's an ATA-100 - hook it up to the IDE connector with an 80-wire ribbon cable. If the drive is alone on the cable you don't have to worry about jumpers. Last edited by Deleted090308; 06-01-2008 at 04:37 AM.

06-01-2008, 01:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
thatoneguyyep101 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 34 OS: XP- Home Edition	Re: Need help with Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive Thanks for welcoming me eneles! The hard drive now works, I didn't have to use jumpers, I wasted all that time looking through web pages on how they need to be set, and I didn't even need then, thanks so much! (=

06-01-2008, 04:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Need help with Hitachi Deskstar® 7K80 80 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive I'm glad you got it fixed.