Hard drive

[big_rubber_duckey]

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

any help appreciated
tnx

 

[Yeti]

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/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124001

 

[big_rubber_duckey]

tnx