Just a quick check.

Des_Zac

Des_Zac

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If I am adding a harddrive to an already commonly used, already build computer, (Infact it is the one I'm using right now :D) I can just put it in and attach it right? No extra work?
 
You won't be able to use the drive until its partitioned and formatted, you can do all that from within disk management. But yeah, just attach power and data cables and make sure the bios doesn't change the boot order on you.
 
What if it was already used in another computer, would it work right when I plug it in or would I still have to do that?
 
If it was already set up on a different computer then no, it should automatically be recognized to be useable.
 
johnb35 said:
If it was already set up on a different computer then no, it should automatically be recognized to be useable.
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Only if you are using it as an "extra" drive though. There may also be issues if there is a different operating system on it. I am assuming these are SATA drives, otherwise you will have to check jumper settings if they are IDE HDD,
 
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