Do I need an IRQ and device driver to instal a regular IDE hard drive to Windows NT?

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Do I need an IRQ and device driver to instal a regular IDE hard drive to Windows NT?

I know SCSI needs an IRQ,
IDE drives too?

Thanks

2007-03-05 10:04:18 · 3 answers · asked by Jameel 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware

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No, installing hard drives on NT is the same as all other windows versions. No special options required.

2007-03-08 06:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by dwali20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No.... not for the disk itself.

The necessary IRQ is already allocated to the hard disk contoller that the hard disk is connected to.

The driver for the controller is resident within Windows.

regards,
Philip T

2007-03-05 10:07:56 · answer #2 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No, the BIOS will handle that four you. Just make sure the drive is correctly identified as single or slave.

2007-03-05 10:08:43 · answer #3 · answered by BigRez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋