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Shane
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18th Oct 07 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i want to put another harddrive in my laptop just to store stuff on (music etc) i would remove the floppy drive for extra space, how would i go about plugging the new harddrive in?
James
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18th Oct 07 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Why don't you get an external one?

Your laptop might not support 2 hard drives.
Shane
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18th Oct 07 at 14:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

because id rather have it in the laptop
ssj_kakarot
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18th Oct 07 at 14:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

very much doubt you can tbh, very much doubt there is the connection for 2 harddrives.
Cosmo
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18th Oct 07 at 14:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Probably not. Look up the specs for your laptop online and see what expansion options their are.
12vMatt
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19th Oct 07 at 09:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

doubtful.
even if you could remove the floppy drive and fit a hard drive into the hole the floppy used a different connector to the hard drive so it wouldnt be able to be connected.
easier and cheaper to get an external drive, it also allows you to transfer the drive between computers easily if required
Ash_EP3
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19th Oct 07 at 09:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

external HDD FTW!
Deadude
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19th Oct 07 at 22:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

u cud change it for a bigger one or just get an external
Welsh Dan
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19th Oct 07 at 23:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Put a bigger one in, it makes it easier.
Andrew
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20th Oct 07 at 00:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Some laptops do allow you to take out the floppy drive and replace it with a hard drive. Find out the make and model of your laptop and i should be able to find out.

Another option is to put in a larger hard drive. If you want all your music and larger files on a seperate drive then partition the drive so you have 2 drives. This allowing you to format the logical parttion and not loose any data as it will be stored in the other partition.

 
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