how to install Secondary Hard Disk Drive?

Question

i want to install a Secondary Hard Disk Drive but i not sure how can any one tell me step by step as i am a little slow
thanks

Answer 1

look this questions up on the web (they will give you visuals). there are alot of variables to consider. Its pretty much just plug and play though.

Answer 2

I agree with the answer above - it is very complete and should be easy to follow but it left out the very first step - you need to select the type of drive that you are going to buy!!

The easy way to add another hard drive is to use an External USB 2.0 hard drive. You just set it next to your computer, plug in the power, plug in the USB cable to the drive and to your computer and it will be recognized - very easy. The real advantage other than not having to open the case is that you can lock it up when you are not using it (your data would be safe from a theft) and you can connect it to your next computer to transfer your important stuff.

If you really want another Internal hard drive, you will need to decide what kind of interface your computer supports. With the power off and the power cord unplugged (always do this BEFORE opening the case) open your computer and see what UNUSED connectors it has available.

IDE - these are 40 pin connectors with two rows of 20 pins each. Each of these cables can support two devices, a master and a slave. You will see one of these cables going to your optical (CD / DVD) drive. It is best NOT to put another hard drive on a cable already going to a optical drive. If your existing hard drive is already using one of the connectors of a 40 pin cable and the other is free, you can plug it in there. You will have to determine if the original drive is set up as "master" or "cable select" and set the jumper on your new drive to "slave" or "cable select" respectively.

SATA - these are thin cables and small connectors which use one connector per hard drive. These are faster than IDE but are often more difficutl to set up as a stand alone drive because many are part of multi-drive RAID arrays. If you already have a single drive plugged into a SATA connector you probably won't have any trouble adding another stand alone drive.

Good luck!!

Answer 3

1. Buy a hard disk

2. Switch off your PC

3. Open up the CPU case

4. Find an empty 3.5" slot and put in your new hard disk, secure the screws

5. Connect your IDE cable and power cable to your hard disk. If it is a SATA hard disk you have to plug in a new SATA cable (and SATA power cable to the power supply also) to the motherboard SATA connector (It looks like a slim L lying on its side)

6. Close the cpu casing

7. Power up your PC

8. In windows, go to control panel

9. Goto Administrative Tools, Disk Management

10. You should see your new hard disk there, most probably as 'uninitialized'.

11. 'Initialize' the new hard drive and partition it to your liking, then format the partitions.

12. Quit control panel and voila, your new hard disk is ready

If you think you will have difficulties doing the above, please find someone who knows how to do it to help you. Else just get the shops to do it, they may charge a fee but usually it saves some trouble (other than having to lug your cpu there)

Answer 4

pass to the administration Panel and decrease than Administrative kit choose laptop administration. decrease than storage interior the left panel, choose Disk administration. on the the final option, you will locate your drives. If there is not any force letter assigned, perfect click it and decide exchange force Letter and Paths. Set it and it could now be available.

Answer 5

If you buy a new Hard Drive...They come with the instructions, and settings...It's not really a big deal...More or less change a jumper then Plug-N-Play