How to add more than 4 hard drives in 1 computer

[colinmaharaj]

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, good choice.

[gdfschimpi007]

USB? ohh gawd... you're better off purchasing a PCI card that has an IDE controller on the board..

[nitin1123d12]

thanks dude



[nitin1123d12]

IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE AN EXPERT SO PLEASE SOLVE MY PROBLEM MY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAD 1 TB SATA HARD DRIVE WHICH HAS USING IN MY COMPUTER BUT TODAY I BOUGHT 2TB SATA HARD DRIVE WHICH IS OF COURSE EMPTY I WANNA USE THIS HARD DRIVE AS PRIMARY IS THIS POSSIBLE

I HAVE 4 GB RAM DDR2

QUAD8400 PROCESSOR

INTEL MOTHERBOARD DG41RQ

PLZ HELP ME

I WANT TO USE 3TB HARDDRIVE IN MY COMPUTER

[ocdpfsas]

@nitin1123d12 Yes it is possible to use a 2TB drive as your primary drive. You would need to install the operating system on the drive though. What I would do is take out your 1TB drive and install the 2TB in it's place. Then install the OS on the new drive and put the 1TB drive back in as a secondary. However, it is normally recommended to keep your biggest drive as a secondary drive (with your files separate from the OS).

[g0ld3ngh0st]

The first computer you show looks like the same Gateway BTX model I have. It really does suck for upgrade-ability. Lol.

[VoLtrex31]

FOR WHAT? you can but 1 TR hard drive and 1 SSD with 120 giga for gaming..

stupid waste of resources and space..

even for a server that so stupid idea..

[ocdpfsas]

@VoLtrex31 Why would I buy a 1TB hdd and a 120GB SSD when I already had the drive I wanted?The point was to show that an IDE-to-USB cable can be used to add a 5th HDD, I don't understand your beef.

[VoLtrex31]

@ocdpfsas Why spend so much case space and PSU resources , not talking about the CPU pressure to maintain 5 hard drives with 200giga each.. easier, cheaper and more effective would be to buy 1tb hard drive and SSD drive for windows.. My beef is that there is no point in 5 HDDs.. it is actually your choice but a very stupid one.. and to buy 1tr HDD is very cheap now so there is no much effort getting one..

Maybe i misunderstanding something but this is the main idea.

[ocdpfsas]

@sunhouse76 Since I've been getting some attention on this video, I just uploaded a quick shot of my current setup that I'm working on if you're interested.

[ocdpfsas]

In this video I show how I have multiple hdds setup in a desktop machine which I use as a home media server. How this works is I share all of the drives on the network with a username and password, then any other computer on the network can watch all of the movies and tv shows by streaming it from the server.

Yeah I've taken plenty of external drives out and used them as internal. Normally you can just unscew the case and pull it out. Just be careful and know if it's an IDE or SATA before hand.

[sunhouse76]

hell fucking yeah bro, nice pc.

ok i have a question m8. i have a old pc. with a foxcon m/b and a 150gb h/d with vista on it and all my best programes that i dont want to delete, i now have just got me a £1000 zooped up zoostorm pc.

is it possible to put the old h/d in the new pc but still run all the programes and the oc and switch between the two?

i also have 3 1tb exsternal drives

[ocdpfsas]

@sunhouse76 There is a chance you can use the old drive as the root on the new machine. If you're going to use the old drive as a secondary drive, you will not be able to run any programs because configurations for the applications are stored in the registry which is not used when the drive isn't booted. You will however have access to any documents you have on the old drive. I would reinstall the programs on a new drive if I were you.

[sunhouse76]

@ocdpfsas oic thanks for the reply m8 you have been very helpful.

i think im just going to do as you say and just stop being lazy and install all the progs back on the new h/d.

a lot of my progs are from torrents and it takes a wile to sort out the serial numbers that`s why i have the question lol.

i have some more questions but il post it as another thread

cheers buddy!!

[sunhouse76]

ok my other questions are.

what did you mean by server? i know what a server is, but when i plug my ex drives in they show up under my hard disc drives section.

also m8 is it possible do you know to take a ex drive out of its casing and put the h/d in the pc`s casing?

thanks again bro.

[ocdpfsas]

You have to make sure both the power cable and IDE cable are connected, then make sure the jumpers are set correctly on the drive (you should see some small pins, if you see a tiny plastic piece that is connected to two of the pins, remove it).

[DJDOMINATE00]

how you do it? cuz i bought another one but only one hard drive was shown on the computer