Bgbdbn Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I am wanting to install a second hard drive in my computer. Is there anything special i have to do other than plug it in? Will the computer recognize it has another hard drive and thats it? I have heard of software that automaticly backs up everything you save, any advice on which one to get. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Not really anything special you have to do after formatting the drive. If you want to RAID, your board has to support it natively, though there is backup software available. I think the resource it takes up isn't worth it when you can easily just copy and paste the stuff you actually want to save, and avoid backing up unessesary program/driver/dll/ect files. and takingup space you could use for something else. Striping sucks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimpsy1647545505 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Depending on your current hardware setup you may need to change the jumper on the hard drive in relation to the channel you put the drive on. If you have 1 hard drive in there now . . . and it's the master hard drive, you need to setup the new hard drive as a slave or cable select. Other than that, it's all plug n play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 It should be a plug and play if the jumpers on the hdd are set correctly, and the wires are all connected properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Yep like others have said, check the jumpers on your current hdd, set it to master, set the 2nd one as slave and boot up. You will want to format the new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgbdbn Posted April 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Awesome, thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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