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Hi i have got a 40GB HDD which if full (only 10MB left :eek: ). And i have a GA7ZXE mobo with i think teh VIA 133 chipset. Is there a way to put another 40Gb HDD on there without instaliing windows or anything. And so that windows recognizes it as 80GB hdd. I have 1CDRW, 1CDROM and 1HDD so i think there should be a spare IDE cable left. (2X2). Sadly the mobo dosen't have raid ! Urgent replies needed
you can't run a JBOD setup like that without raid I'm afraid.
nothing to stop you adding another hard drive and having a seperate letter for it though.
If you've got XP Pro and are using NTFS you can set a mount point so Windows will see your other drive as a subfolder of the main drive. If you wanted to reformat/reinstall you could create a spanned volume across the two drives using the Drive Management tools in Windows.
nooooo dynamic discs = bad :)
Very true - and I say that from experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
My advice would be bang another drive in and just copy some data over to it (not program files though as that'll knacker the registry, unless you reinstall them.)
right so if i put anotehr hDD on it can would i have to install windows again ?
i have sapre 10Gb maxtor hdd lying atround can i put that in ? And should i put that as slave yeah ?
nope, you wouldnt need to install windows, just make sure you put the drive on slave setting, and format it to NTFS if on XP/2000, or FAT32 if you're on 98
Most moetherboards support a maximum of 4 IDE devices - 2 per channel. This can be any combination of Hard drives and CD/DVD drives you like, but no more than 4.
So if you put your other 40Gb in, you'll have used up all your channels and can't use the 10Gb in there.
Does anyone know this model
maxtor 90845d4
i do not have the manul and do not know how to put it on slave
btw currently i ave only 3ide devices and this 10gb would be 4th one
its only spins 5400RPM, is that bad ? and was manufactured in 99
there should be a little diagram on the top/bottom of the drive which shows the position to put the jumper.
Ahh with you, i thought it was a 40 gigger you had :)
*edit*
here you go matey, the jumper settings were on the Maxtor site - http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/...s/style_a1.htm
*I'll see your edit and raise you...*
5400 RPM is fine, thats was the standard speed up to the last couple of years. 7200 RPM is now the norm.
have a look at the edited post #8
looks like the HDD is Maxtor DiamondMax 4320
bumpage for the edit above :)
sorted
Done, all installed cheers rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishry, kez, moby and Zatras. Now only problem is the hdd itself is split into two platforms, how do i put them into 1
As has been said mate, you can't put them into one drive (unless you get them running as "Dynamic Drives" but that is a bad thing) you will have to do with them being split.
naa i think u misunderstood, i meant there is a partiton in the hdd that i just installed, how do i delete that partition ?
Windows Disk Manager will solve that one - just don't go deleting the partition with all your data on!
Hi team i have got a problem now,
when i switch my pc, i get double bios beeps, and also an eror saying ATAPI incompatible.
What does this mean ?
cos the HDD runs fine ecept when i watch movies(in dvd quailty). There is always a jerkiness in between, say when i move my mouse. Is that because of the hdd low specs (5400RPM)
Is it on is own cable, and is it master/slave?
the two hdd are on the same cable, this one and another 40GB one
i have set the jumper as slave, and the 10GB slave jumpered HDD is conected by a grey connector, while the master HDD is conected with a black conenctor
Master should be the first along the cable, slave the second.
Make sure the master drive is NOT set for master with no slave (although not all drives actually have that option) - it might still work, but technically it shouldn't.
I am also experienceing slow mouse movements in between sometimes
so u mean no jumpers on the drive ? ya?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kez
Depends on the drive... they're all different.
Also it sounds like DMA mode isn't working properly.
TBH I'd have the hard drives on separate cables, both as masters.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kez
Not true! I have a nifty program that alows me to move entire programs to diferent location and drives, it even corects the registry! ;)
Kez, my HDD problem is sorted, i corrected something in the bios, so that the HDD is recognised in the bios. Now no error while windos is laoding. But my startup time has increased since installing a new hardrive.