What you should know about installing a second hard drive 15 Articles

by Wink Junior

Installing a second hard drive is not difficult, if you're the kind of person who's comfortable at least adding more oil, brake fluid, windshield wiper fluid, etc. to your car. The key things are making sure first and for...read more

by Prodigal Samurai

So you've finally run out of hard-drive space on your existing hard-drive and you need more space! The most common or cost effective method of adding more storage space to your system is to add a second hard drive to your ...read more

by Randy Puderak

1. Shut down your Computer, Unplug and remove all the cables. 2. Remove Cover from the Case 3. Find the primary hard drive (it looks like a smaller CD drive with a 2 inch flat cable connected to it, or a small 7 pin ...read more

by Peter Etheridge

It is relativelyeasy to fit a second hard drive to your computer,depending on the type of interface your motherboard has. There are two types PATA IDE and SATA IDE PATA is more common on older types of motherboard.This ...read more

by Nathan Hook

How to install a new hard drive from a kiwi bloke's perspective and written in Kiwi-bloke speak. G'day, at some stage you'll be wanting to whack in a new hard drive in your PC and I can tell you it's less tricky than pu...read more

by B. L. Babb

Installing a second hard drive is a fairly simple undertaking, even for the beginners working on computers for the first time. A few things are needed to add a hard drive. Tools and safety tips are a great starting p...read more

by Jasmine Koh

1. Shut down the power supply and remove the AC power cord. 2. Open up the PC case. Set the screws aside. 3. Unplug the primary hard drive cables for easy installation. 4. Set the jumpers on the drive to enable it to be...read more

by Pedro Pacheco

Although hard disks are huge these days, adding another hard disk seems to be the cheapest solution to have more space on your disk. With Windows Vista comming already in the hard disk, plus more 10 GB after installing it ...read more

by Corey Blake

Steps on installing a secong hard drive. 1.Turn computer off completely, and unplug everything. 2.Take computer cover off, shold simply be 2 screws or just a latch(Dell) 3.Locate where the first hard drive is, and...read more

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by Rico Barada

Installing hard drive is not difficult at all everyone can install hard drive but be careful on installing hard drive sometime hard dive maybe damaged. First step to install hard drive shutdown the computer first and get t...read more

by Tuomas Tapola

You have run out of space and need more hard disk space? The easiest way to accomplish this is by adding a second hard disk. The task of adding a hard disk to your computer is not hard; in fact it is so easy that you would...read more

by Kieran Holland

When you install a second hard drive there are many things to keep in mind. First, depending on the computer you need to select whether you want an IDE, SATA, or SCSI Hard Drive. Each has their own advantages and dis-adv...read more

by Ice Paladin

First, the same would apply for installing any hard drive. You must have an available connection (SATA/IDE port and cable, and spare power connector). The motherboard and operating system must be able to read the drive. Mo...read more

by Pid Ziermann

A standard PC has 2 slots where you can connect harddrives. Those slots called IDE-1 and IDE-2 and should be labeled on your motherboard. Samples to connect second HD (HD-2): Samples IDE-1 IDE-2 HD-2-Setup ...read more

by Sub Urban

At first, for phisically installing it You need of course an IDE cable, or SCSI depending on Your new hard drive, You can put it into it just in one way and You need to put in the electric plug which has 4 pins. Than You n...read more