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bootyslap11
03-09-2002, 06:14 PM
hi guys
i currently have 2 Hard drives and i need to get 1 more HDD installed due to lack of free space.
how can i do that?
plz help.
thx in advance
Philip1952
03-09-2002, 06:25 PM
We need the spec's for your computer. How many IDE devices do you have right now?
bootyslap11
03-09-2002, 08:49 PM
Originally posted by Philip1952
We need the spec's for your computer. How many IDE devices do you have right now?


hi, Philip1952.
I have 4 IDE devices installed.
2 HDD + 2 CD-ROM.
thx
Rugor
03-09-2002, 09:12 PM
Get yourself an extra IDE controller card and hook the HD up to that. Otherwise you're maxed out on IDE devices.
araaraara
03-09-2002, 11:16 PM
If you're lucky you can get one of the new 120gb Maxtor D540X drives that still come with a ATA/133 controller card.
Fatal_Exception
03-10-2002, 05:53 AM
you can use a controller card, or get an external usb or firewire drive also

if you truly have two cdrom drives rather than dvd, cdr, cdrw, etc, dump one of the cdroms
Philip1952
03-10-2002, 07:26 AM
All the suggestions are about right. If you already have four devices. Then an add in controller card is about your only option other than SCSI.
With a dual channel SCSI card you can go up to 30 devices. But it runs into a lot of $$$.