I have recently rebuilt my computer, however, I have two dvd drives, a floppy and two hard drives.. now I have three hard drives and was wondering if there is a way I can install these as additional 'slave' drives?
2006-10-01 09:59:56 · 4 answers · asked by RTCb2b 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Normally 4 IDE devices is the max a motherboard will support. You can buy another IDE controller or use an external drive enclosure via USB as an alternative.
2006-10-01 10:04:09 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just add other PCI controllers - with appropriate controllers and a large enough case, I could put 80+ hard drives in a system.
Using a USB enclosure would be an option, but it's not going to perform nearly as well as the built in controllers of an internal hard drive.
2006-10-01 10:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by lwcomputing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just buy external USB casings for your extra Hard drives. Dont fiddle with installing them on the IDE. It will be overloaded.
2006-10-01 10:20:28 · answer #3 · answered by Sweet Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way i would do it would to be use a USB HD
2006-10-01 10:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋