can it be done with out removing any hardware.
2006-10-05 13:28:38 · 5 answers · asked by Gabby65 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
ur best bet is to get an external hdd....
or u can get a PCI-IDE card...
2006-10-05 13:43:17 · answer #1 · answered by John Howard 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The easiest thing to do is get an external hard drive. You can usually find them for just as much as an internal hard drive. The advantage though is that you do not have to actually install anything, and it's simply and plug in and go. The cool thing is that if you have music and pictures on it, you can take it with you to other people's houses. An internal hard drive is not exactly portable!
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2006-10-05 13:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends on if you have sata support. I suspect that your DVD/CD are ussing all the secondary IDE controller while the 80gb/zip are using the primary. I would just dump the ZIP drive, media is too expensive anyhow!
2006-10-05 13:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an open bay in your case, no problem. If you need additional IDE ports, you'll have to get a PCI IDE controller card.
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2006-10-05 14:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a external hard drive. New egg is the best.
2006-10-05 13:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by YoUnGtHuG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋