Spare 120Gb drive i want to use

Shane

Shane

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Hi all,

i have a spare 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPm IDE hard drive which i would like to put in my rig in the sig for storage.

How would igo about doing this? i know how to install it but what about settings in the bios etc? would it automaticly be detected and ready to use?

the drive is already formatted clean.

tks guys
 
Yes, once it in and has power, and IDE cable is connected, it should come up in the bios straight away.
 
Nevakonaza said:
Hi all,

i have a spare 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPm IDE hard drive which i would like to put in my rig in the sig for storage.

How would igo about doing this? i know how to install it but what about settings in the bios etc? would it automaticly be detected and ready to use?

the drive is already formatted clean.

tks guys
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Neva, is this a joke ?
haven't you tried installing a drive before ?
 
It may depend on if the IDE controller has been disabled in BIOS seeing that you have no IDE devices in use at the mo ;) but apart from that just put it on the end of an IDE lead(instead of the middle connector) and set jumper to master(or slave doesn't really matter as it's the only one on the cable, but I'm just thinking about future expansion of a second drive ;) )
 
patrickv said:
Neva, is this a joke ?
haven't you tried installing a drive before ?
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of course i have lol i built this rig!!!! i put it in and it shows in the bios but when logging in to windows it doesnt show in my computer?

thats the part im stuck on!!!!!!
 
If you have a few computers, I'd suggest either getting an NAS or some kind or making a little server. I have a 60GB NAS and I'm using it daily. When you use more than one computer on a daily basis, it really helps keep things organized.
 
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