does anyone know where to get good prices on IDE HARD DRIVES

[gamer4eva]

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[enoughfakefiles]

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[Fromagepas]

ahh but u see i have a dvd writer and a dvd rom and also 2 hard drives so that means they all been occupied NOOOOO

Do you really need the DVD rom? If not then just take that out and replace it with the new HDD.

If you can't do that, then you can get a PCI IDE connection, that would only cost you a few squids. However the simpler solution would be an external USB2 HDD.

They work really well, I have 4.

[Proper Bo]

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[manker]

oooo and oh yeh can you put in more than 2 HD on 1 computer coz if a buy this one it will be my third one

Generally you can have 4 ide devices.

Primary master and slave.

Secondary master and slave.

If you have 1 dvd writer then you can have 3 other devices. You can do it other ways but that's the simplest without having to do very much. Just remember that you need 1 master and 1 slave on the same ide cable. You can make a device the slave by the jumpers on the back, near to the cable and power input.

I always thought 2 internal HDs was the max without pissing about. I have a spare here that I'm not using because of this very supposition.

I think I'll pop it in later this evening - 80 gigs more storage, ftw.

Cheers for that.

[Guillaume]

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[Gripper]

Generally you can have 4 ide devices.

Primary master and slave.

Secondary master and slave.

If you have 1 dvd writer then you can have 3 other devices. You can do it other ways but that's the simplest without having to do very much. Just remember that you need 1 master and 1 slave on the same ide cable. You can make a device the slave by the jumpers on the back, near to the cable and power input.

I always thought 2 internal HDs was the max without pissing about. I have a spare here that I'm not using because of this very supposition.

I think I'll pop it in later this evening - 80 gigs more storage, ftw.

Cheers for that.

Noob

[Proper Bo]

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[manker]

I always thought 2 internal HDs was the max without pissing about. I have a spare here that I'm not using because of this very supposition.

I think I'll pop it in later this evening - 80 gigs more storage, ftw.

Cheers for that.

Noob

Agreed.

There may as well be locking nuts on my PC's case.

[Guillaume]

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Think of those who'll end up disfigured by the sheer amount of hooks in their lips. : PETA:

Rod off, cheerios picker.