I have an old computer with a 17GB HDD and need more space to work with. I want to add more capacity but do not know if it will be compatible with the rest of the system.
2007-11-29 07:59:27 · 5 answers · asked by Robinson 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
As long as the hard drive is an IDE hard drive - yes.
2007-11-29 08:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by waltzme2heaven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking, yes. The processor doesn't really care about the hard drive that is attached to it.
However, the operating system and hard drive controller does. An 80GB hard drive is probably no big deal to Windows 98 or beyond. But you need to make sure that the hard drive controller is compatible with the drive you are installing. There are so many choices out there now....IDE, SATA, PATA, RAID...you need to make sure that your hard drive controller can control the type of drive you are installing.
2007-11-29 08:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by peytonbarclay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hard drive must be IDE, and some hard drives actually have processor requirements (very rare) but you should be fine with an 80 gig. just make sure its an IDE hard drive and your power supply can handle it.
if you replace the hard drive you should be fine, but if you want to have 2 hard drives at once, you have to make sure your motherboard is compatible with RAID configurations. e-mail me if you have questions
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2007-11-29 08:06:13 · answer #3 · answered by dc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but the BIOS programming must already have provisions to take in that size although I think it already has that, other components are compatible.
2007-11-29 08:06:17 · answer #4 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite,,, it would want to run slowly in case you position in heavy apps like sq. server or Outlook and workplace .. yet for the most area you'd be positive as long as you pork up the ram to 512 and characteristic a good number of disk area.
2016-10-25 04:55:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋