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Windows 7: Adding another ATA HDD
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24 Sep 2010
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 4th planet from the sun |
Adding another ATA HDD
Hi, Am looking to add a new ATA HDD but the problem is I have no places to put it. A (ATA) DVD drive is installed along with a 120GB HDD. There is no where to place it and I prefer not to have it external, it may be my only option to use it via usb but prefer not to.
Any suggestions?  | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number GIGABYTE Rig (Custom)
OS Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro
CPU Intel i5-3570k 3.40 GHz @ 4.6 GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H
Memory 8GB (2133MHz) DDR3 cl9
Graphics Card Asus GTX560 Ti (Nvidia) + Palit GTS 450 (Nvidia)
Sound Card Audigy Sound blaster SE
Monitor(s) Displays (1920x1080) HP, (1440x900) Acer, (1280x800) Compaq
Keyboard Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse Logitech M505 / IBM Thinkpad Travel Mouse
PSU Antec 620w High Current Gamer
Case Coolmaster HAF 922
Cooling CPU - Antec KÜHLER H₂O 920
Hard Drives Sandisk Extreme (120GB, SSD) Samsung HD103SJ (1TB, 7200RPM, 32MB)
Western Digital WD740GD (74.3GB, 10'000RPM, 16MB) (4 other drives)
Internet Speed 4 - 6mb/s
Antivirus ESET NOD32 / Comodo Firwewall
Browser Chrome/Waterfox
Other Info ThinkPad T42p
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24 Sep 2010
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#2 | |
Windows 8 Pro x64 Sydney, Australia |
Make/Model of computer?
Can you post a picture of the inside of your case? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built Custom Computer.
OS Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU QX6850 Quad Extreme
Motherboard Gigabyte GA EP45-UD3LR
Memory 6Gig DDR2-800
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTX 550 TI
Sound Card Creative Audigy SE (SB0570) Sound Card
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW222 [22" LCD] and Benq 2200w [22" LCD]
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech illuminated keyboard
Mouse Logitech M950
PSU Corsair TX 750watt
Case Coolermaster Haf - X
Cooling Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler
Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 128g SSD
OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD
1xWestern Digital Caviar Green 1tb
2xWestern Digital Caviar Green 2 tb
Internet Speed Cable = speeds to 20Mbps downsteam and 512kbps upsteam
Antivirus Avast Internet Security
Browser Firefox
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24 Sep 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 4th planet from the sun |
Ok Picture coming up but its custom and my spec(s) are in the normal place. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number GIGABYTE Rig (Custom)
OS Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro
CPU Intel i5-3570k 3.40 GHz @ 4.6 GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H
Memory 8GB (2133MHz) DDR3 cl9
Graphics Card Asus GTX560 Ti (Nvidia) + Palit GTS 450 (Nvidia)
Sound Card Audigy Sound blaster SE
Monitor(s) Displays (1920x1080) HP, (1440x900) Acer, (1280x800) Compaq
Keyboard Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse Logitech M505 / IBM Thinkpad Travel Mouse
PSU Antec 620w High Current Gamer
Case Coolmaster HAF 922
Cooling CPU - Antec KÜHLER H₂O 920
Hard Drives Sandisk Extreme (120GB, SSD) Samsung HD103SJ (1TB, 7200RPM, 32MB)
Western Digital WD740GD (74.3GB, 10'000RPM, 16MB) (4 other drives)
Internet Speed 4 - 6mb/s
Antivirus ESET NOD32 / Comodo Firwewall
Browser Chrome/Waterfox
Other Info ThinkPad T42p
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24 Sep 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 4th planet from the sun |
Here it is. Best shot I could get. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number GIGABYTE Rig (Custom)
OS Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro
CPU Intel i5-3570k 3.40 GHz @ 4.6 GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H
Memory 8GB (2133MHz) DDR3 cl9
Graphics Card Asus GTX560 Ti (Nvidia) + Palit GTS 450 (Nvidia)
Sound Card Audigy Sound blaster SE
Monitor(s) Displays (1920x1080) HP, (1440x900) Acer, (1280x800) Compaq
Keyboard Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse Logitech M505 / IBM Thinkpad Travel Mouse
PSU Antec 620w High Current Gamer
Case Coolmaster HAF 922
Cooling CPU - Antec KÜHLER H₂O 920
Hard Drives Sandisk Extreme (120GB, SSD) Samsung HD103SJ (1TB, 7200RPM, 32MB)
Western Digital WD740GD (74.3GB, 10'000RPM, 16MB) (4 other drives)
Internet Speed 4 - 6mb/s
Antivirus ESET NOD32 / Comodo Firwewall
Browser Chrome/Waterfox
Other Info ThinkPad T42p
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24 Sep 2010
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#5 | |
Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10 S. ME and W. ME |
Your mobo supports IDE (PATA) drives, floppy drives, SATA drives and USB drives. I imagine you could use one of the older PATA IDE cables with 2 drive capacity and be just fine or simply purchase a newer SATA drive and have no worries............. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DELL XPS Studio 435T
OS Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10
CPU i7 975 3.3 GHz Extreme (Factory OC'd to 3.6 GHz)
Motherboard DELL provided
Memory 18 Gb Tri-Channel 1066
Graphics Card ATI 5970 2048 Mb
Sound Card X-Fi Extreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays Vizio 37" HD-TV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech Performance K350 Wireless
Mouse Logitech Performance MX Wireless
PSU DELL Provided 475 watts
Case DELL
Cooling 3 fans
Hard Drives 1.5 Tb HDD
1.5 Tb HDD
2.0 Tb Network Drive
512 Gb Crucial SSD
Internet Speed 3 Mb up 750 Kb down
Other Info Bamboo Fun Tablet, Belkin N+ Wireless router, Pioneer Dolby System Wireless Headphones, Bose 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound System, LifeCam VX 3000 Webcam, Blu-Ray/Hi Def DVD +RW combo and Blu-ray +RW,l 15 in 1 media card reader, Logitech Rumblepad 2, Hauppauge 2250 DTV Tuner with MS Media Center Remote
Laptop:Alienware M17x, Q9100 CPU, 8Gb RAM, 1920x1200 WUXGA LCD driven by 4870's in CrossFireX, Bl
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24 Sep 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 4th planet from the sun |
Quote: Originally Posted by fishnbanjo  Your mobo supports IDE (PATA) drives, floppy drives, SATA drives and USB drives. I imagine you could use one of the older PATA IDE cables with 2 drive capacity and be just fine or simply purchase a newer SATA drive and have no worries............. Yes I have a SATA Drive for my host OS but I have a spare 80gb ATA drive (My G3 died  ) so I would like to use it | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number GIGABYTE Rig (Custom)
OS Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro
CPU Intel i5-3570k 3.40 GHz @ 4.6 GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H
Memory 8GB (2133MHz) DDR3 cl9
Graphics Card Asus GTX560 Ti (Nvidia) + Palit GTS 450 (Nvidia)
Sound Card Audigy Sound blaster SE
Monitor(s) Displays (1920x1080) HP, (1440x900) Acer, (1280x800) Compaq
Keyboard Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse Logitech M505 / IBM Thinkpad Travel Mouse
PSU Antec 620w High Current Gamer
Case Coolmaster HAF 922
Cooling CPU - Antec KÜHLER H₂O 920
Hard Drives Sandisk Extreme (120GB, SSD) Samsung HD103SJ (1TB, 7200RPM, 32MB)
Western Digital WD740GD (74.3GB, 10'000RPM, 16MB) (4 other drives)
Internet Speed 4 - 6mb/s
Antivirus ESET NOD32 / Comodo Firwewall
Browser Chrome/Waterfox
Other Info ThinkPad T42p
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24 Sep 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 8 Pro x64 Sydney, Australia |
It will fit into any of the slots underneath the hard drive you already have installed.
You will have to move the cables out of the way to get it in.
Could be a good time to try some cable management and hide or move some of the cables to help with air circulation and cooling. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built Custom Computer.
OS Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU QX6850 Quad Extreme
Motherboard Gigabyte GA EP45-UD3LR
Memory 6Gig DDR2-800
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTX 550 TI
Sound Card Creative Audigy SE (SB0570) Sound Card
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW222 [22" LCD] and Benq 2200w [22" LCD]
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech illuminated keyboard
Mouse Logitech M950
PSU Corsair TX 750watt
Case Coolermaster Haf - X
Cooling Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler
Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 128g SSD
OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD
1xWestern Digital Caviar Green 1tb
2xWestern Digital Caviar Green 2 tb
Internet Speed Cable = speeds to 20Mbps downsteam and 512kbps upsteam
Antivirus Avast Internet Security
Browser Firefox
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24 Sep 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro 4th planet from the sun |
Quote: Originally Posted by kodi It will fit into any of the slots underneath the hard drive you already have installed.
You will have to move the cables out of the way to get it in.
Could be a good time to try some cable management and hide or move some of the cables to help with air circulation and cooling. Yes but there are not cables to support it they have been used. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number GIGABYTE Rig (Custom)
OS Windows 7 Professional (x64/SP1) / XP Pro
CPU Intel i5-3570k 3.40 GHz @ 4.6 GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H
Memory 8GB (2133MHz) DDR3 cl9
Graphics Card Asus GTX560 Ti (Nvidia) + Palit GTS 450 (Nvidia)
Sound Card Audigy Sound blaster SE
Monitor(s) Displays (1920x1080) HP, (1440x900) Acer, (1280x800) Compaq
Keyboard Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse Logitech M505 / IBM Thinkpad Travel Mouse
PSU Antec 620w High Current Gamer
Case Coolmaster HAF 922
Cooling CPU - Antec KÜHLER H₂O 920
Hard Drives Sandisk Extreme (120GB, SSD) Samsung HD103SJ (1TB, 7200RPM, 32MB)
Western Digital WD740GD (74.3GB, 10'000RPM, 16MB) (4 other drives)
Internet Speed 4 - 6mb/s
Antivirus ESET NOD32 / Comodo Firwewall
Browser Chrome/Waterfox
Other Info ThinkPad T42p
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24 Sep 2010
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#9 | |
Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10 S. ME and W. ME |
Replace the IDE DVD drive with a SATA drive and you can then connect the second HDD, probably the cheapest solution. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DELL XPS Studio 435T
OS Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10
CPU i7 975 3.3 GHz Extreme (Factory OC'd to 3.6 GHz)
Motherboard DELL provided
Memory 18 Gb Tri-Channel 1066
Graphics Card ATI 5970 2048 Mb
Sound Card X-Fi Extreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays Vizio 37" HD-TV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech Performance K350 Wireless
Mouse Logitech Performance MX Wireless
PSU DELL Provided 475 watts
Case DELL
Cooling 3 fans
Hard Drives 1.5 Tb HDD
1.5 Tb HDD
2.0 Tb Network Drive
512 Gb Crucial SSD
Internet Speed 3 Mb up 750 Kb down
Other Info Bamboo Fun Tablet, Belkin N+ Wireless router, Pioneer Dolby System Wireless Headphones, Bose 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound System, LifeCam VX 3000 Webcam, Blu-Ray/Hi Def DVD +RW combo and Blu-ray +RW,l 15 in 1 media card reader, Logitech Rumblepad 2, Hauppauge 2250 DTV Tuner with MS Media Center Remote
Laptop:Alienware M17x, Q9100 CPU, 8Gb RAM, 1920x1200 WUXGA LCD driven by 4870's in CrossFireX, Bl
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24 Sep 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 8 Pro x64 Sydney, Australia |
Quote: Originally Posted by fishnbanjo Replace the IDE DVD drive with a SATA drive and you can then connect the second HDD, probably the cheapest solution. If you have already purchased the PATA drive the above is the best solution.
If you have not purchased a drive purchase a SATA hard drive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built Custom Computer.
OS Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU QX6850 Quad Extreme
Motherboard Gigabyte GA EP45-UD3LR
Memory 6Gig DDR2-800
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTX 550 TI
Sound Card Creative Audigy SE (SB0570) Sound Card
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW222 [22" LCD] and Benq 2200w [22" LCD]
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech illuminated keyboard
Mouse Logitech M950
PSU Corsair TX 750watt
Case Coolermaster Haf - X
Cooling Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler
Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 128g SSD
OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD
1xWestern Digital Caviar Green 1tb
2xWestern Digital Caviar Green 2 tb
Internet Speed Cable = speeds to 20Mbps downsteam and 512kbps upsteam
Antivirus Avast Internet Security
Browser Firefox
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