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Old 04-26-2005, 12:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I am building a computer out of spare parts and i was wondering if i could put 3 or more hard drives in one computer but still be able to put my cd drive and fdd in? (the mother board has 2 ide and 1fdd and im not sure wat else)if i can ill put a pic of the sys up when its done

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Old 04-26-2005, 01:20 AM   #2 (permalink)
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You'll be able to use two drives per PATA (IDE) connection which allows for a total of 4 drives of any combination of hard drives and optical drives. Of course your floppy will use the floppy drive slot. If you want more than 4 drives you can buy a controller like this:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16815124001
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