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Question on installing a Hard drive..????

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Mr.Pac-Man:

--- Quote ---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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^^thanks.....one question.......i have 2 IDE connectors......one right now is going to the cd rom and the other is for the HD......now which one do i connect it to......do i use the extra connector for the HD or the cd rom to plug in the new HD?

elneckio:
Use the extra connector on the hard drive lead, plugging it into the CD-Rom channel could slow it down.

Mr.Pac-Man:
thanks for da info homie!!

one mo question......by any chance do u know where exactly in the bios it says up to how much of GB it can handle.....or is the limit??????

elneckio:
Can depend on how well your bios supports the new hard drive, some drives use fixes for older bios's (in the hard drives manual).  The real way to find out how much usable space you have is to check in windows after its formatted, because of cluster sizes etc. XXgig does not always mean XXgig, it will be a bit smaller.

elneckio:
Almost forgot it depends on the bios you have, try standard section or the idd auto detection page.  Different manufacturers of Bios put it in different places, if you get stuck find out what motherboard you have and the website should have the manual for it as download which should cover the bios page by page.

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