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  1. April 27th, 2002, 07:29 PM #11
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    Originally posted here by lench
    im doing teh same thing
    hdd1 -> hdd2
    cdrom -> hdd3
    too bad windows doesnt like them all and wont shut down properly
    This probably isn't a Windows problem, as I have an identical setup on a Windows98 system at home (except mine is hdd3 -> cdrom). And the hdd3 is also of 1995 vintage - don't use it to keep anything important on - just additional backups of data.
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  2. April 29th, 2002, 10:56 AM #12
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    yeah thats what i use it for anyway
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  3. April 29th, 2002, 12:39 PM #13
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    You should buy a Hard Drive Controler at Best Buy or Staples..... An HDD Controller is like a 3rd IDE port plugged right into PCI
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  4. April 29th, 2002, 12:50 PM #14
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    You can hook up a hdd instead of a cdrom notice there are 2 ide cabels comming from your motherbord?they are the same you can hookup cdrom drives,writers,dvd's,hdd everything you want to
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  5. April 29th, 2002, 02:16 PM #15
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    Many computers come with a cable to only attach 1 drive, but like acid said, you can buy a "Hard Drive Controler" cable at most computing stores.

    The machines that they are talking about that only support IDE, and 2 HD's are at least 15 years old now, so unles you are trying to upgrade an original 386 (or older), That shouldn't be the case.
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  6. April 29th, 2002, 11:00 PM #16
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    I did not mean a hard drive cable, I meant a seperate Hard Drive Controller that plugs into your PCI port, Its acts like another IDE bus

    http://www.techdepot.com/product.asp...730&affid=2165
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  7. April 29th, 2002, 11:34 PM #17
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    Make sure that you put the hard drive that you plan on using the lest on the Hard Drive Controller (sometimes called an i/o card) because you can take a big performance hit depending on the card and the hard drive.
    Its not software piracy. I’m just making multiple off site backups.
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  8. April 30th, 2002, 08:44 PM #18
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    Guys, keep in mind that on some boards they have an onboard IDE RAID controller with extra connections, thus giving you the possibility of having 8 IDE devices (I have 5 @home: 3 HDDs, DVD, CD-RW).
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  9. May 1st, 2002, 04:03 AM #19
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    wont having a controller card cause a conflict in the hardware?
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  10. May 1st, 2002, 04:38 AM #20
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    it won't cause a conflict because the hdd will be recognized as a pci device not an ide.
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