Satellite 2140xcds hard drive

I recently purchased a satellite 2140xcds with no hard drive.I want to put a 40gb in but don't know the hd number.can any one help?
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Mike,
In your computer, the primary hard drive is designated the "master". The Master drive is the first drive that is detected by the computer. It is thus the primary drive and it contains the critical system information such as the master boot record which initiates the boot process. Additional drives on the system are designated "slaves" and contain data, programs, etc. The drive can be set up as master or slave either via jumpers on the drive controller itself or through a "cable select" method in which the cabling determines the function. Many if not most of the Toshiba systems require drives that have the jumper method. These drives will have a jumper block, a group of pins adjacent to the drive connector. There is a small plastic block that slides over one pair of pins and can be moved or removed completely depending on the drive requirements. The drive will usually have a label on it that shows the jumper positions for Master or Slave. If you click HERE it will take you to a Western Digital page that gives further information. Any drive purchased from ToshibaDirect that is listed as an accessory for your computer will be the correct type. Other drives may or may not. I have used the Seagate Momentus series as replacement drives but if you're buying an aftermarket drive, you need to be sure that you're getting something compatible. The sales help in stores like BestBuy and CircuitCity aren't always the best informed. By the way, this discussion applies to the older Toshiba drives the use Serial ATA drives and the EIDE interface. The newer Parallel ATA drives are a whole different ball of wax. I you want further info, Google is your friend. Just plug a search term in and go. Wikipedia is a particularly good place to get information.

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