hard drive question

[jay]

ok, i want to know how to replace my 3.5 floppy drive with a hard drive.
i already have two cd/dvd drives and need both, also i have two internal hard drives and need both. that is all the bays i have. if i cant replace the floppy with another hard drive, i need to figure out a way to run two cd/dvd drives , 1 master HD, and two switchable slave HDs, also i have to be able to switch with out turning the comp off. i have looked at mobile racks but cant give up a 5.25 bay and i dont want an external HD.
thanks

 

[deathbysunshine]

get a giant hard drive and use that instead of one of ur smaller ones that u have now

 

[jay]

i already have a 120 GB and a 250 GB. i need to run the 120 and two 250s

 

[ethernet]

you need one of these, it gives you two more pci slots: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39968&item=5160398158&rd=1

 

[Yeti]

it gives you two more pci slots

I think you mean PATA (IDE)

As far as your problem, jay, if your motherboard only has the two PATA slots (no SATA), you don't want an external USB drive, and you have to have both optical drives you'll need to get a PCI controller card like ethernet said.

 

[ethernet]

I think you mean PATA (IDE)

lol, yeah... that's what i ment thanks for catching the mistake