Lotus_dre

is it possible to switch between HD's? like i have two HD's and i want one for work and one for media so if i need to work i just use the work one and if i want to watch movies and stuff like that i just switch to that HD, i have a Asus Preumium A8n-sli

ceewi1

IMO, the best way is to use something like this. This way you can physically switch the hard drives when you want to use the work/movies. If you want, you could just use a multiboot system, but i'm guessing this is what you're looking for.

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run4it

so if you're saying you only want one drive working at a time then you'd have to have your OS installed on both drives. and you'd have to switch the cables between the drives every time you want to use the other drive. it'd be annoying. the best thing to do would probably be to use one drive as a slave (probably the media one).

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Lotus_dre

would i need the download a controller or somthing???, like a switching program where i can switch in between the two

Xelogen

As far as i know, if you set a second drive up as slave the 2 drives should just show up in My Computer as two seperate drives with seperate drrive letters. Correct me if im wrong though

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Lotus_dre

oh ok, well i'm really just leaning all this, so it would be cool if anyone eles could help me out
thanks everyone

run4it

ok, just hook up both drives. whichever one has the operating system installed on it is the one you want as the master. there is a jumper on the back of the drive you may need to move. make the one with the operating system on it the master and the other one the slave.

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palmmann

assuming they're pata, not sata

ceewi1

It really depends what you're looking for. Just having a second HDD will not allow you to have different programs installed, etc... for each drive. You simply have your operating system on one drive, and you can put your movies on that drive and your work on the other (or something similar).

That'll work fine, but if that's all your after then a single hard drive with or without a partition may be more convenient and cheaper. If all you're looking for is more space, then that's probably the best idea.

If, on the other hand, you want completely different systems for work and movies (i.e. different programs installed, files that can't be accessed from the other drive, etc...), the hard drive enclosures I suggested earlier may be more convenient. You don't need to change cables or anything like that, you just turn off the computer, slide out one drive (you don't need to open the computer, it's more like removing a CD), slide in the new one and turn the computer on.

Aside from keeping independant systems, many people prefer this for security. For example, if one drive is used solely for work, it cannot be corrupted if you get a virus while surfing the internet on the other hard drive.

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