Well, I want to get a new hard drive because 40 gb of space isn't helping much. So I want to get a new one, is it possible to keep my current one and just hook up a new one? And does the hard drive have to be a certain type? or does it not matter? And if I can hook up another hard drive do I need any other accessories, like any cables or anything?
you can two hard drives hooked up at once.. no you dont need any accesories.umm i dont think you hard drive has to be a certian type.. anything else???
My clan mate on teamspeak said I needed a splitter or something? What is that, I do not know.
that's bull.. when you open your comp there Will be extra wires that come from the mother board. just find the one that looks the like wire hooked up to your current drive and hook up your second.. I'm running two drives my self.... one as windows and the other as recovery drive.
I think what your friend meant by splitter is a cable like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi … p;name=IDE
Take a peek at the one you have hooked to the drive now. There should be a total of three connectors on it, one(black) for the existing drive, one(blue) plugged into the mother board and one(black again) unused.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi … p;name=IDE
Take a peek at the one you have hooked to the drive now. There should be a total of three connectors on it, one(black) for the existing drive, one(blue) plugged into the mother board and one(black again) unused.
You just need to change the hard drive jumper to slave in the new one. Hook it up, install drivers, reboot and you are done.
Hard drive jumper:
Always remember that when you are going to install something inside your computer to unplug it from the wall outlet, I don't want to know that you messed yourself or your house.
Hard drive jumper:
Always remember that when you are going to install something inside your computer to unplug it from the wall outlet, I don't want to know that you messed yourself or your house.
Last edited by Yaocelotl (2007-05-03 22:05:56)
Thanks, and if any of you guys could tell me what a good hard drive disk speed and stuff is would help too .
Speed: 7200 RPM is mandatory this days, but you can have a 10K RPM is you have the moneys. The more speed you have in the hard drive the faster the data access. But more speed means more money.
Newegg.com has some pretty good deals. Check them out and read the reviews of buyers to get yourself a clue on how the product behaves.
Newegg.com has some pretty good deals. Check them out and read the reviews of buyers to get yourself a clue on how the product behaves.
Thanks, do you think this one is good?Yaocelotl wrote:
Speed: 7200 RPM is mandatory this days, but you can have a 10K RPM is you have the moneys. The more speed you have in the hard drive the faster the data access. But more speed means more money.
Newegg.com has some pretty good deals. Check them out and read the reviews of buyers to get yourself a clue on how the product behaves.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822148140
I have 5 and they work like a champthareaper254 wrote:
Thanks, do you think this one is good?Yaocelotl wrote:
Speed: 7200 RPM is mandatory this days, but you can have a 10K RPM is you have the moneys. The more speed you have in the hard drive the faster the data access. But more speed means more money.
Newegg.com has some pretty good deals. Check them out and read the reviews of buyers to get yourself a clue on how the product behaves.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822148140
Yes, seagate hard drives are very reliable.thareaper254 wrote:
Thanks, do you think this one is good?Yaocelotl wrote:
Speed: 7200 RPM is mandatory this days, but you can have a 10K RPM is you have the moneys. The more speed you have in the hard drive the faster the data access. But more speed means more money.
Newegg.com has some pretty good deals. Check them out and read the reviews of buyers to get yourself a clue on how the product behaves.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822148140
hmmm, sweet western digital raptors...... fast, but cost more
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Its a good idea to ground yourself on the case, just in case ESD is a b!tch.
umm... it also depends if your hard drive is SATA or IDE, that one you linked to is SATA so you need to make sure either that your old drive is SATA or that your motherboard supports it.
Also IDE and SATA both need a power connection and a data connection, make sure you have both free before you go and get a new hard drive, Cause you may need to buy a cable or 2.
Also IDE and SATA both need a power connection and a data connection, make sure you have both free before you go and get a new hard drive, Cause you may need to buy a cable or 2.
Last edited by instakill (2007-05-03 22:48:03)
Just to be sure, get a retail drive, not OEM. OEM will be just the bare drive and no cables.
If you have SATA that Seagate will work great. You could use it as your main drive for Windows and programs, and still use the 40GB you have now for storing music and stuff. And you could move your pagefile to that drive, which would give a little performance boost.
If you have SATA that Seagate will work great. You could use it as your main drive for Windows and programs, and still use the 40GB you have now for storing music and stuff. And you could move your pagefile to that drive, which would give a little performance boost.