Mariam <Mariam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My father's PC has 2 hard drives. One attached through the ribbon cable (C
>drive) and other through the raid (red cable). He wants to add a third hard
>drive to act as a drive to save/backup his data. The new drive is Hitachi
>Deskstar which I beleive is IDE.
>
>Can anyone please tell us how to attach this to the system, there is a place
>for it in the CPU. Please explain every step to be taken as I have not done
>such an excersise before.
>

The exact details will depend on what other disk drives are installed
in the computer, such as CDROMs, DVDs, etc. and also on how the drive
controllers are configured.

The "raid" drive is almost certainly a SATA drive. A RAID
installation involves multiple hard drives that are configured to
appear as one single drive.


Does the ribbon cable connected to the C: drive have a second, unused
connector on it?

What is the make and model of the C: drive? It may require a change
in the configuration jumper setting.

The answers to the above questions should allow us to give specific
detailed instructions regarding this setup.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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