i have blank internal hard drive that i want to add is there anything special that needs to be done to hook it up
2007-12-07 02:04:33 · 7 answers · asked by blitzlax 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If u already know basics of ur computer hardware, tehn jus open ur cabinet and then connect the new hard drive to ur motherboard using either IDE or SATA interface (whichever is provided). Then connect it to power and when u switch on ur system,. it wil automatically recognise it. Right click
My Computer. Choose "Manage" and tehn "Disc management" and then partition the new disc as u wish. If u are new to hardware, drop me a mail.. I wil help u out...
2007-12-07 02:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is and IDE type drive, you can connect it to the same cable that is now connected to your "C" drive. If you look you will see that there are two taps on the cable. It is usually best to connect the "C" drive to the end tap, and the second or backup drive to the mid tap. You must make sure the the hard drive's jumpers are set correctly. The "C" drive must be set to "Master" or "Master with a slave" depending or the instruction that are written on the drive, and the second drive must be set to "Slave".
You do need to format this second drive, or Windows will not be able to see it.
2007-12-07 02:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plug the IDE cable into the second drive; the main IDE cable attached to your mother board has 2 connectors, you are using one on the main drive.
Plug the second connector from the IDE cable into the second drive, plug in the power connector (assuming you have one spare), change the jumper on the second drive to be a slave etc (read the jumper guide on the drive to choose what is best for you but do not have it as primary master) and hey-presto you have a second drive.
Make sure your machine is turned off when you do this ;)
2007-12-07 02:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its an IDE drive you have to make sure you abide by the master-slave rules. If you are going to run it on a cable with a Cd-Rom drive make sure you use an 80 ribbon cable. Most puters ship with a 40 ribbon cable serving the Rom drives and that wont work well with a hard drive. After you put it in and windows sees it format it. If you dont see it go into disk management and play with it there. (right-click on "my computer" left-click "manage" them left-click "disk management")
2007-12-07 02:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you need to set the jumper on the back of the hard drives one to slave and one to master with slave ....you need to put your operating system on the blank drive too.
2007-12-07 02:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't recommend using it internally. Go get an external case and hook it up via USB. Much more simple to deal with this way AND it's portable.
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2007-12-07 02:08:50 · answer #6 · answered by Phurface 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, just make sure you connect it correctly to the motherboard, and the power connection is good- and you should be good to go.
2007-12-07 02:07:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋