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Mr.Pac-Man:
ok...i got a 30GB HD.....but i wanna get another one.....added on......my question is for yall........how can i do that......can u just by the HD set for a slave HD and thats it.......or do i have to format it and load an Operating Systems......even though im gonna keep the one i have right now??????

help yall?

Jome:
I had 1 HDD with 12 GB.
I then installed a new one with 40 GB in addition to the other.
The new HDD must be formatted before it can be used, but it also depends on your BIOS.
I wanted to get 120 GB, but Compaq had limited it to 40 GB.

Mr.Pac-Man:
so i just check for what kind it is limits and then formatt it and set it to slave......and its ready to be used also?????

Liquid-Dogg:
u gotta decide whether u want it to be the master or slave drive. u can check this by lookin on the back of the hd, then jus bang it in, doesn't matter where and enjoy. but yeah u gotta mess around with BIOS too

elneckio:
Upgrading drive ...

Check you have free space in case.
Check your machine has a spare IDE connection on the HDD Lead (you might need a new lead).
Install drive with slave jumper set, the other drive should be running as master already.  If youre running newer UDMA drives then the connectors will be color coded to specify the slave and master connections.
Partition the drive.
Format the drive in windows.
Use extra space to store stuff :)

Theres some guides here : http://www.pcmech.com/show/harddrive/43/

http://www.a1-electronics.co.uk/PcHardware/HardDrives/Installing_harddrive.shtml

Save me writing anymore ;)

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