windows XP people....gather 'round
02-16-2004, 07:04 PM
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windows XP people....gather 'round
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how can i set this up?
i have:
A- 60gig harddrive (OS)
B- 120gig harddrive
C- 40gig harddrive
D- DVD-ROM
E- CDRW
drives A and B are on one IDE cable (ultra DMA100?)
drives D and E are on another IDE cable
i want to put in drive C. on my motherboard, there seems to be another slot that a 3rd IDE cable would fit into. can i just plug in drive C onto the 3rd IDE cable?
i tried taking out one of the optical drives and putting drive C in its place, but i get a "missing NTLDR" upon bootup. and it tells me to reboot. :thinking:
thanks.
how can i set this up?
i have:
A- 60gig harddrive (OS)
B- 120gig harddrive
C- 40gig harddrive
D- DVD-ROM
E- CDRW
drives A and B are on one IDE cable (ultra DMA100?)
drives D and E are on another IDE cable
i want to put in drive C. on my motherboard, there seems to be another slot that a 3rd IDE cable would fit into. can i just plug in drive C onto the 3rd IDE cable?
i tried taking out one of the optical drives and putting drive C in its place, but i get a "missing NTLDR" upon bootup. and it tells me to reboot. :thinking:
thanks.
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02-16-2004, 07:09 PM
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OK have any idea what motherboard your computer has? Normally motherboard only have 2 IDE ports(for 4 drives all together) and one for floppy drives. If you dont have an extra slot, you can always go buy an EIDE PCI card for $20(which will allow you to connect 4 more drives I think)
02-16-2004, 07:11 PM
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the C: drive has to be on the primary IDE cable, connected as Master. Most motherboards only have 2 IDE connectors (2 cables with 2 devices on each)...so you could only hook up 4 IDE devices at one time. To hook up a fifth, you'd need to buy and IDE controller card (a PCI card with IDE connectors.)
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the MB is an asus a7v266-e
here is a pic of the MB...
http://www.motherboards.org/images/1.../1070_p5_1.jpg
it has 4 of those IDE slots things. :dunno: im using 2 out of the 4. and the floppy's slot is under the PCI slots.
here is a pic of the MB...
http://www.motherboards.org/images/1.../1070_p5_1.jpg
it has 4 of those IDE slots things. :dunno: im using 2 out of the 4. and the floppy's slot is under the PCI slots.
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Originally Posted by Black2000GSR
the C: drive has to be on the primary IDE cable, connected as Master. Most motherboards only have 2 IDE connectors (2 cables with 2 devices on each)...so you could only hook up 4 IDE devices at one time. To hook up a fifth, you'd need to buy and IDE controller card (a PCI card with IDE connectors.)
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I think the 2 of those are for a RAID setup...the ones that say Promise IDE under them. Don't know if they'd work as just regular IDE connectors, though. :dunno:
anyway, the C: drive would have to hook up to the opposite end of the IDE Cable that's hooked up to the blue connector that says "Primary IDE"
anyway, the C: drive would have to hook up to the opposite end of the IDE Cable that's hooked up to the blue connector that says "Primary IDE"
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Originally Posted by WiLL
i labeled the drives just for reference in this thread.
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Originally Posted by WiLL
thanks for the help. i plugged a 3rd ide cable in and its ok now :hugglez:
you're welcome
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