More than 2 Harddisk

[ranjithbajpe]

Hi,
I want to know how to add more than 2 harddisk to a desktop pc. I dont knwo whether this question is answered in this forum. Please help me finding link otherwise.

 

[e-freak]

Yes u can add more than 2 HDDs to a desktop machine. The max number of IDE drives u can add is 4 though. So u can have say 3 HDDs and a single cd/dvd rom/rw.

I dont know bout more than 4 HDDs. I know it can be done but not sure how. Prolly u need some kinda PCI card for an extra HDDs then. More info welcome.

 

[siriusb]

Yep. U can actually add 4 ide devices. HDD and atapi drives being ide devices can be put into any of the four ide channels.
To add more than 4 ide drives, u will need a pci ide card or a pci raid card (or pci-express or isa card).
U can even use an external ide hdd casing to plugin ur hdds via usb.

 

[Thor]

Heh Heh !!
I myself suffered a lot regarding this
Detailed discussion regarding this took place here
and here

 

[hack expert]

well if u have a hdd and a cd rom then u can add two more hdd`s easily
only u`ll have to cofigure the primary and sec slave setting`s correctly

 

[Huzefa]

u need to have one master all others slave, check the forum for my reply on this

 

[deathvirus_me]

u can also add external hdd ......