Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:46 pm Post subject: Can I change the disks in my PC in this way?
Back in July I asked about how big a hard disk drive I could put in my
PC and the advice was 'up to 127GB' (thanks Ed). I'm finally getting
round to it (I've even got the drive now)!
I'm not sure if I understand correctly so I'd appreciate any comments
on what I also plan to do when I fit this new drive. (I will be
rebuilding the PC at the same time.)
In summary, can I have more than one hard drive (provided each isn't
over 127GB)?
I have looked at the floppy disk drive in my PC and it's a LS-120
'superdisk' drive attached to one of the IDE cables (and not a
'conventional' floppy disk drive attached to the floppy disk pins on
the motherboard). I don't use superdisks anymore as I have a DVD/CD
writer (and also a separate DVD ROM drive) so all four of the IDE
ports are being used. There is nothing connected to the floppy disk
pins on the motherboard.
So, what I plan to do is to take out the superdisk drive (freeing one
of the IDE 'ports') and install a new floppy disk drive connecting it
to the floppy disk pins on the motherboard (I'll need to buy a cable
but both the disk drive and the cable are peanuts). Then I'd connect
my old hard drive to the space freed up on the IDE cable.
I have a Gateway 866 P-III PC (bought summer of 2000). It has the
Intel 82815 (i815) motherboard/chipset.
Thanks in advance
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TTFN
Brian
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Can I change the disks in my PC in this way?
Yes you can have more than one hard drive and yes you can remove the LS-120
and replace it with a hard drive. Make sure you replace the IDE cable with
the new one that came with the disk drive though. The old one is most
likely a 40pin/40wire. While it will work you won't get the best
performance from the drive.
You should be able to attach a floppy drive with no problems.
"Brian White" <brian.whitespam@pobox.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Back in July I asked about how big a hard disk drive I could put in my
PC and the advice was 'up to 127GB' (thanks Ed). I'm finally getting
round to it (I've even got the drive now)!
I'm not sure if I understand correctly so I'd appreciate any comments
on what I also plan to do when I fit this new drive. (I will be
rebuilding the PC at the same time.)
In summary, can I have more than one hard drive (provided each isn't
over 127GB)?
I have looked at the floppy disk drive in my PC and it's a LS-120
'superdisk' drive attached to one of the IDE cables (and not a
'conventional' floppy disk drive attached to the floppy disk pins on
the motherboard). I don't use superdisks anymore as I have a DVD/CD
writer (and also a separate DVD ROM drive) so all four of the IDE
ports are being used. There is nothing connected to the floppy disk
pins on the motherboard.
So, what I plan to do is to take out the superdisk drive (freeing one
of the IDE 'ports') and install a new floppy disk drive connecting it
to the floppy disk pins on the motherboard (I'll need to buy a cable
but both the disk drive and the cable are peanuts). Then I'd connect
my old hard drive to the space freed up on the IDE cable.
I have a Gateway 866 P-III PC (bought summer of 2000). It has the
Intel 82815 (i815) motherboard/chipset.
Thanks in advance
--
TTFN
Brian
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 3:35 am Post subject: Re: Can I change the disks in my PC in this way?
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 04:25:48 -0500, "PC Gladiator"
<PC-Gladiator@Mail-Dump.com> wrote:
Quote:
Yes you can have more than one hard drive and yes you can remove the LS-120
and replace it with a hard drive. Make sure you replace the IDE cable with
the new one that came with the disk drive though. The old one is most
likely a 40pin/40wire. While it will work you won't get the best
performance from the drive.
You should be able to attach a floppy drive with no problems.
Thanks
--
TTFN
Brian
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