how many HDD can i add? Im running low!

**mind** · 05-31-2004, 07:04 AM

Usually Only 2 discs in a standard IDE Controller. So yeah you can add another one ;)

**brizzad** · 05-31-2004, 07:05 AM

you dont need 2 hard drives, just use norton to take a disk image of your current hard drive, go buy a nice 500 gig HD, load your disk image on to the new hard drive, and enjoy the other 300 gigs of space left

**lil2rich4u2** · 05-31-2004, 07:07 AM

Originally posted by mind
Usually Only 2 discs in a standard IDE Controller. So yeah you can add another one ;)

yea i have 2 drives now

But i remember in the old days you were limited to how much space you can add, something about the pc not being able to handle all of it?

has that come and gone and now you can add unlimited space?

**brizzad** · 05-31-2004, 07:08 AM

Originally posted by lil2rich4u2
yea i have 2 drives now

But i remember in the old days you were limited to how much space you can add, something about the pc not being able to handle all of it?

has that come and gone and now you can add unlimited space?

if you're running windows 2000 or late, you should be updated with the new file system, ntfs, and should be able to hold whatever's out there on the market

**stev0** · 05-31-2004, 07:10 AM

usually just 2 per ide controller... you could sacrifice your CD/DVD drive, or you could look into external USB solutions.

**mind** · 05-31-2004, 07:11 AM

Originally posted by brizzad
you dont need 2 hard drives, just use norton to take a disk image of your current hard drive, go buy a nice 500 gig HD, load your disk image on to the new hard drive, and enjoy the other 300 gigs of space left

yeah the market is reallt full of 500 gb discs?? isn't there only like 1-2 on the market costing the same as a medium sized pc?

**lil2rich4u2** · 05-31-2004, 07:31 AM

Originally posted by mind
yeah the market is reallt full of 500 gb discs?? isn't there only like 1-2 on the market costing the same as a medium sized pc?

ouch lol

i think id easier go for the external solution and grab an extra 200gig or so

or as mentioned above, sacrafice one of my cd drives and throw it in there.

**Ash@phpFX** · 05-31-2004, 07:38 AM

you can have more than 2 hard drives, i have 3 in this machine

**jimmyf** · 05-31-2004, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by lil2rich4u2
I have 200gig and i was sure that would last me some time, here i am only 1yr later and its giving me warnings!

must be a combination of my extensive music collection, purchased content, website backups, and software.

I have an HP 750n, can i add another 200gig?

thanks.

I have an HP

got 2 HDD
DVD
CD r/w

I put the 2nd HDD in

**Orsm** · 05-31-2004, 08:27 AM

Time to go RAID by the sounds.

My desktop PC is running 3 x 120's along with a DVD Burner and CD Burner. No problems at all.

**baddog** · 05-31-2004, 10:35 AM

A DVD burner sounds like a better investment

**B40** · 05-31-2004, 10:39 AM

Originally posted by baddog
A DVD burner sounds like a better investment

That's what I was going to say. If you have a lot of stuff that's just sitting there and you're not using it constantly, burn it to DVD.

**Lifer** · 05-31-2004, 10:42 AM

Buy an external and use the usb

I have 3 HDD (45, 80, 120 gb) plus two external 120 and 160.

No problems.

**jimmyf** · 05-31-2004, 10:46 AM

Originally posted by baddog
A DVD burner sounds like a better investment

a screw up

**grannytgp** · 05-31-2004, 10:47 AM

Forget the external USB drives man... just pick yourself up a controller card and add more IDE ports to the PC. As stated by a few guys above, most motherboards have a limitation of two IDE ports which will let you run master/slave x 2 - so essentially you can have 4 IDE devices (cd-roms, hard drives, etc..).

But if you stop by your local Best Buy store, you can pick up an Ultra ATA 133 card, which will give you two more IDE ports to work with. I picked one up at the local Best Buy for about $29.00. Then you won't have to dish megabucks out for the huge 500gig drives -- you can go with two more 200's or even two 120's for the price they're at now.

Good luck!

**liquidmoe** · 05-31-2004, 10:51 AM

Just get a new computer with SATA and start off with a pair of 200GB drives.

**mandrake** · 05-31-2004, 06:00 PM

im running an 80gb boot drive, 2 x dvd burners, an extra 200gb drive as well as 2 x 200 gb mirror raid. so yeh its all possible

**wyldblyss** · 05-31-2004, 06:04 PM

I want one of the external ones or the swapable like they have at work. Oh, the collection I could have. Just pop it in and away you go. Done with it, pop it out and put in a diferrent one. Need more, just buy another. I could have racks and racks of them....

Sheesh, getting too excited here...

**Dirty D** · 05-31-2004, 06:08 PM

Check out the Maxtor External Firewire Drives!

They ROCK!

You can hook up plenty of drives via FireWire.

These make for awesome backups...
Copy all your important stuff, unplug it and put it on the shelf!

how many HDD can i add? Im running low!

how many HDD can i add? Im running low!

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