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

He's A Lean Mean Spelling Machine.

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Originally Posted by gamer4eva

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by enoughfakefiles

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Originally Posted by Fromagepas

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Noob:D

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The n00bs must receive fair warning before entering the lounge.
Think of those who'll end up disfigured by the sheer amount of hooks in their lips. : PETA:

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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.

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Noob:D

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Agreed.

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

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The n00bs must receive fair warning before entering the lounge.
Think of those who'll end up disfigured by the sheer amount of hooks in their lips. : PETA:

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Rod off, cheerios picker.