Author Topic: Simple HDD question. (Read 953 times)

Scotty_CFC · « **on:** May 06, 2005, 12:29 »

Currently, i have 1 x 40gb drive. Now i want more space, would it be possible to just add another HDD in the floppys dives place? (ie Remove the floppy drive, and add another hdd)

I dont want to get a new HDD altogether because i dont have a windows CD to reinstall.

Windows XP
Celeron 1.8
512mb ram

Sandra · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2005, 13:37 »

Yes you can fit one in place of the floppy but usually you will find that there is a space for an extra hard drive next to the one thats already fitted.
You can also get adaptors to fit a 3.5 inch drive in a 5.25 bay and replace a CD/DVD drive with a hard drive or a second floppy if desired.
The only limitation really is that unless you have a RAID mobo or an extra PCI Controller card you can only have a maximum of 4 IDE drives as you can only fit two drives, one as a master and one as a slave, to each of the primary and secondary IDE channels

Scotty_CFC · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2005, 13:51 »

Nice one, thanks.

All i need is a cheap HDD off ebay

Simon · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2005, 20:32 »

Quote from: "Scotty_CFC"

Nice one, thanks.

All i need is a cheap HDD off ebay

Take care, Scotty, you never know what might be hidden on a used hard drive. :|

PhilTheFish · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2005, 20:58 »

Yeah....totally agree....don't buy one from anyone with a user ID such as GaryGlitteruk

Simon · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2005, 22:07 »

It doesn't bear thinking about, does it? How awful would that be, if it came to having to prove that stuff found on a used hard drive, wasn't put there by you? Personally, I would never risk buying a second hand drive. They are not all that expensive to buy new, from the likes of Dabs and Ebuyer.