Adding New Hard Drive

Advertise at AfterDawn.com

Link to us!

Private messages

Compose a private message

List of all updated threads

Threads without replies

Search messages

Sunday 1.2.2026 / 07:22

Search AfterDawn Forums:

afterdawn.com > forums > dvd±r discussion > dvd±r for newbies > adding new hard drive

Browse by topic

Forums

Start a new thread

Adding New Hard Drive

Jump to:

Posted

Message

jaydee123

Junior Member

27. January 2004 @ 07:23

Link to this message

I'm thinking of adding a new hard drive to my system, do I put the new hard drive on master or slave & which IDE if slave.From what I read my Plextor PX-708A likes to to be on Master, I don't know why or if it even has to. As always I look forward to your replies & yes especially u Petie ol' Boy.
Note: I only have IDE.

[ + quote]

Dave

Here is my System INfo:
Asus P4PE MoBo,533FSB,2.4 iTEL,512mb PC2700,ATI 8500LE 128mb,ATI TV Wonder Pro R/C,Teac CD-W58E,PLEXTOR PX-708A,Western Digital Cav.SE 80 GiG w/8mb data buffer,this custom made system is running on WinXP.

Bodene

Member

27. January 2004 @ 13:18

Link to this message

Just add your new HD to the same IDE cable as yer current HD. Make sure beforehand that yer current HD is set as master, and the new one is set as slave.

When u reboot there will be no real big fanfare. It'll likely say it detected a new drive and then it'll tell u that it's installed and ready.

Then, you can look in *My Computer* and see your drive letters all shifted down. For example, if your current HD is C, and yer dvd burner is D. After installing the new HD, it will be assigned D, and yer dvd burner will be renamed E.

At that point, you can start installing software on it, or put files on it as if it were your other HD. Just don't install windows again. I'd recommend letting yer current HD retain that honor. The only other thing to watch for are the cooling issues. Extra drives mean extra heat. Make sure u keep yer puter innerds clean and well ventilated. Hope this helps.

[ + quote]

There is no problem so big, that a brick placed against the proper skull cannot fix =)

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 27. January 2004 @ 13:21

Start a new thread

afterdawn.com > forums > dvd±r discussion > dvd±r for newbies > adding new hard drive


		User name	Password

		Not registered yet? Register here. Lost your password? Click here.