how do install another hard drive into my computer. be specific?

Answer 1

It depends on the operating system, how big of drive depends on what the motherboard and BIOS support. Another possible issue is does your power supply have enough wattage to handle it and the other devices are already connected to the system.
You need to check these things or it could be a real bad experience. Most PC systems should have at least a 300watt power supply. Don't go small here, cooler running = longer life of all the components.
Windows XP is fairly plug and play when I comes to drives. There is a jumper setting on the back, next to the power connection of all drives that designates drives to be called "master" which is where the operating system is installed, or "slave" which would be a second drive plugged into the SAME cable as the "master" and then to the motherboard. If possible, this is the best arrangement.
If the BIOS sees the drive and doesn't hang, Windows will find the drive, display a message saying so and your almost done. After bootup has completed, double click on my computer and the new drive should appear in the window. Right click on it and select format. Your done. If you have problems, and don't be surprised, email me and I'll help.

Answer 2

Hello,

The person above is right, ESD will fry your motherboard. I usually grab my chassis while its plugged up and neutralize myself> then unplug the computer because electricity is still coming even though the computer is off.

OK, we assume this is a EIDE cable hard drive connection to the motherboard. Is the new hard drive set to to slave via the jumpers on the hardrive, this is the plastic pieces on the end were you connect the extra 40 pin cable connection to your primary eide port on the motherboard, the secondary should be for the CDROM. The jumpers should correspond to the S or slave pins for the hard drive, also when you connect the cable the red stripe should correspond to pin 1 on the 40 pin connection. Screw everything down usually under the master drive, now you can plug up the computer. If your bios secondary EIDE port is not set to auto detect, then you need to do it.
Now your drive should be recognized and you should have an extra drive letter in my computer..

Answer 3

This is not hard to do. Remove the side cover and you will see your Hard Drive already installed. Most you will see another plug on the wide cable to the hard drive. Find a slot for the new hard drive that the cable can reach to plug it in. You may need to set the Jumpers on the new drive as slave. I would need the manufacture to show you this, or, it may come with instructions. Also, look for the power cables hanging loose and plug one up to the drive. It not hard, Data cable plugs in and Power cable plugs in. Your main concern is to set the jumpers it just a little plug you move arond to two pins, set it as Slave.
You can set it to cable select, but, it best to set it to Slave as the hard drive already installed is most times set to mater. Boot the computer and it tell you what to do.
http://www.directron.com/how.html

Answer 4

JUST MAKE SURE YOU TOUCH THE METAL CASE BEFORE YOU TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE THE CASE!!

ESD and electronic componets dont get along and you could end up frying your system