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What is an important step when installing a second PATA hard drive in a computer?
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∙ 9y ago
configure the bios settings to auto detect the master hard drive
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe important step when installing a second PATA hard drive in a computer is that it must be compatible. Power must be switched off as well.
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Can installing a second hard drive help your computer work faster?
Since hard drives seldom affect a computer's speed, no. It will only give you more space for storage.
What derermines the drive letter when installing a second hard drive?
operating system
Can installing a new hard drive in a computer cause a system failure?
Yes, if there is no operating system on the new drive, then your computer will not run.
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
When installing a second hard drive can you connect a EIDE into an IDE plug?
Yes.
What is a good practice before installing any software on your system is to?
Format your computer's hard drive
If you are installing a second hard drive into a computer will it still work if you can't change the jumper to slave?
That would depend on certain variables, such as whether you were putting it on the same cable as the other drive. In IDE, you must have a Master drive on each channel. The second drive must be set to Slave. You were not clear in which drive you could not change the jumper. Assuming the drive in the computer is alone on the cable, it is set to Master, so your new drive must be either set to Slave and be placed on the same cable, or set as Master and placed on another cable.
How do cut and paste to a flash drive?
Plug the first flash drive into a computer, copy the file into the computer, unplug the first flash drive, then plug the second into the computer, cut and paste the file from the computer to the second flash drive. The file is now on both flash drives.
What is the functions of a disk drive?
A hard disk drive is used to store data. That data includes the programs you use. When someone says they are installing something on their computer, they usually mean they are installing it to their hard drive, which is located inside their computer. In most situations, a hard drive is what loads the operating system so you can use your PC. If it fails, you will not be able to fully boot your PC.
What are the slave hard drive?
If you add an additional HD to your computer, the second drive becomes the slave drive because the computer must boot from the Master drive
What are the benefits of installing a internal hard drive on a computer?
without a hard drive your PC wouldn't work at all. so you must have a hard drive, whether its internal or external...
How do you reallocate unpartition drive?
To reallocate the space of an unpartitioned drive, one should create a partition(s) from it. This is best done when installing the computer's operating system.
