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Jas
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3rd Jan 07 at 10:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what would i need?
a new ide cable?
Steve
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hdds as well as two ide cdroms?

you can only have a max of 4 channels over ide, you can add more using sata if your motherboard has it?
Bart
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depends.

Take the case off and see how many spare conenctors on your cables you have.

You generally get 2 connectors per IDE cable, and generally a max of 2 cables per mobo.
If you have 2 Rom drives and 2 Hard drives you might struggle.
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can always get a PCI IDE controller
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i have 4 hdds and 2 dvd roms, 2 cds and 2 hdds are running over ide, two hdds are running over sata.

i couldnt do this without the sata, or pci ide card
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Or buy a USB external
Jas
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i have a external Hdd (250gb)
with 50gb left
Jules
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Backup stuff to DVDR and get all that pr0n off your HDD - saves faffing about and buying a new one.
Ian
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50gb left and you're worried

Have a tidy up

 
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