i have three hard drives and i am not sure how to set them up in my desktop computer so i can use both of them. any help? i couldnt find much of anything on google. >.< thanks. :-D
2007-12-18 13:44:07 · 9 answers · asked by dragon_master_mokuba 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Read about RAID arrays. You can join all the drives to behave as one or you can have two striped for speed or redundancy (automatically a backup).
Or you can just hook them up and enjoy C:, D:, E: drives
Lots of things to do with multiple drives!
2007-12-18 13:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by Eric A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you probably don't want to use RAID. Look for the plugs inside your computer that match up with the new drives, and make sure that all of switches on your new drives are set to "slave". There two main types of modern hard drive plug, so some of them might need an adapter. Power off your machine and plug in the new drives, secure them in the case, and turn the machine back on. If the drives came with a CD put that in, if not you may have to look up the drives online if they don't work automatically.
2007-12-18 13:54:09 · answer #2 · answered by Lukesed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can set up a striped set for speed and fault tolerance. meaning you can lost a disk, replace it, and ur datas fine.
Or you can use them for storage. Just set the jumpers and hook um up.
Keep in mind u will only be able to use 1 cd drive with 3 hard drives.
2007-12-18 13:49:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy answer: Use your existing C drive as master, set the other drive to slave. That takes care of IDE 0. On the other IDE {1}, set the third drive to master, and your CD/DVD to slave. Take a nap.
2007-12-18 13:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just physically connect all three of them to your computer.
Go into your BIOS to choose which one to boot from (the one with Windows installed)
You will need to reformat the two other hard drives through disk manager.
Just think of the extra two hard drives as extra space... like giant thumb drives.
2007-12-18 13:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by Trex Leonidas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Most motherboards have two IDE connections, usually two for hard drives and two for optical drives. But you can try using the second IDE for a hard drive. Or use a USB based external drive. (I have two internal, two external. Works fine.)
2007-12-18 13:48:35 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are SATA, just attach on to each SATA port with separate cables.
If they are ATA (IDE), then there are options...
On the same IDE cable, set one to master, the other to slave.
Or, set both to cable select with the nearest drive the on you want as master (primary).
This should help for reference:
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/masterslaveorcableselect.shtml
2007-12-18 13:49:08 · answer #7 · answered by KeWr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 00:13:36 · answer #8 · answered by trippi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to ove the jumpers on the seconary drives to slave position.
2007-12-18 13:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by thephoneguy1234 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋