Author Topic: QUICK HOW DO I INSTALL HD? (Read 5107 times)

tmandt · « **on:** June 21, 2008, 06:30:29 PM »

plz tell me hurry i only have 1gb left. lmao well i have a dell its 2 years old so yea help me. its not sata its the other type tell me hurry

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2008, 06:49:02 PM »

IDE? Plug the power cable into the IDE HD power cable from your PSU. Then plug the IDE cable into the IDE socket on your motherboard.

It's so easy...You plug something in...

tmandt · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2008, 06:51:48 PM »

ok i want it as a slave how do i do that? like the steps tell me

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2008, 07:07:22 PM »

From what I know, there's 3 sets of 2 pins on the back where the connectors are.And there's a little bridge that goes over them. Put it over the set that says "slave" or "s" or whatever.

tmandt · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2008, 07:27:23 PM »

i dont think i have that lil thing

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2008, 07:35:25 PM »

Then you're screwed?

tmandt · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2008, 09:06:50 PM »

Tec_ · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2008, 09:09:54 PM »

your also going to need to set up witch HDD is the master and the slave in your bios.

hear is one how to

http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/29084/Add_a_Second_Hard_Drive.html?article_key=29084

hear is another

http://www.ehow.com/video_6030_install-second-hard.html

(i didn't go through them, i just pulled them down for ya so i hope there helpful)

Grimoire · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2008, 09:12:59 PM »

OR, you could just do it with WHERE you plug your HDD into the IDE chain. Your IDE cable has 3 connectors. One for the Moboard, and 2 for the HDD's or CD/ROM...etc etc...The furthest one away is master (I believe...it HAS been a while) and the closer one to the mobard is slave. YOU may need to put your HDD to CS (Cable Select) to have this method work, but if your missing the jumpers, chances are, its hardmoded into the HDD. Good luck with that, also, chances are, itll automatically be made a slave. Just plug it in and see if windows boots, if not, swap some cables. Trial and error.

noah03ark · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2008, 10:13:22 PM »

you need to install a new one becasue you have a gigabyte left?

just clean up your drive, or get an external and put media files on that

Tec_ · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:24:24 PM »

hard drives are not plug and play unless they have been formated for it. and for a disk clean up / defrag you need at least 13% free.

noah03ark · « **Reply #11 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:34:01 PM »

disk cleanup i meant manually, then when enough space is acquired do it automatically, if you feel like it

thats how i do it and less than half my drive is full, always has been

tmandt · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:52:24 AM »

idk how to clean the computer. im not a comp freak you know

psp339 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2008, 01:17:41 AM »

Clean the computer by deleting unneeded files. Also download CCleaner to clean the hard drive.

tmandt · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2008, 01:28:50 AM »

hmm i might take it to my cousins and he can probally do it

Tec_ · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2008, 08:39:25 AM »

if you havent done it a dfrag can work wonders

MattZani · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2008, 04:24:01 PM »

1. Clean install of Xp
2. Learn how to keep your Hdd clean, and arranged
3. You will find you have lost about 15Gb In Files

tmandt · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2008, 07:29:08 PM »

i dont have xp cd

noah03ark · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2008, 08:06:50 PM »

then just do a thurough cleanup

delete unused programs, unused files, etc.
defrag (like tec said, it works wonders)
built in disk clanup utility...

installing a new harddrive would be much worse, for one, you dont have a cd

you'd have to reformat it, get all your old data, etc. (not plug n' play like tec said)

tmandt · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2008, 08:45:13 PM »

aaaaaaaaa run yall messing with my head. damn thats alot of work. thast why i want my own comp im gonna take care of it. i wish i get my laptop by the beggingin of school. im gonna sell both of my modded psps. so SAVE UP!

noah03ark · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2008, 08:47:16 PM »

it honestly dosnt take too long to manually clean up and do an automatic disk cleanup

defrag can take awhile, but you just let it sit

tmandt · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2008, 10:22:00 PM »

well my sis are addicted to comp so yea

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