2007-01-10 02:09:56 · 5 answers · asked by Dennis W 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Physically, there would be no limit in the number of drives you can put in your PC, besides the IDE ports, there's the S-ATA, SCSI, USB, Firewire and a whole lot more slots that you can use devices as a drive.
Technically there is, as Windows only allocated drives letters from the letter A to Z. Beyond that, nothing more. This equals 26 drive letters.
2007-01-10 02:17:28 · answer #1 · answered by venereal_madness 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Externally .... from letters D through Z =
23 independent physical drives (besides the primary drive C , A & B cannot be used for hard drives)
Internally ..... it depends on the number & types of storage controllers you have (IDE, SATA, SCSI, etc ...).
..not to mention the physical space available inside the case.
Commonly most PCs can handle 4 IDE devices or 4 SATA devices or a combination of both.
regards,
Philip T
2007-01-10 10:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only have IDE connections you can add 4 drives this includes CD/dvd drives. I think SCSI supports up to 16 devices and I'm not sure about SATA/PATA.
A full PC case only has a certain number of spaces for drives but this is more than you would need.
2007-01-10 18:19:09 · answer #3 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no. firstly you need open sata ports or ide ports, then you can use pci raid cards. then when you fill up pci slots you can use usb hard-drives, which you could use usb cards, each with hubs etc, but in the end there would be a finite amount you could use
2007-01-10 10:13:52 · answer #4 · answered by rykkers 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
just get a 1 terrabite external hard drive should cover all you need
2007-01-10 10:18:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋