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To safely install a hard drive to your computer follow these steps carefully. The easiest setup is to move the older HDD to the #2 position on the IDE cable and adding the new drive to the old drives spot. If your HDD cable has only a connection to the motherboard then see if the new one supplied has the necessary secondary connection. The only other option would be to just use the new HDD. There are several types of hard drives. The most current style is the SATA and has a much faster cache and the connections are much smaller and easier to connect. The most common is the IDE which has around 32(pins) and this is easily seen by looking at the end of the hard drive itself. While there please take note of the other places that have connections as well. The power goes in there and 1 more special section that is where the drive has to be adjusted for your specific setup. In the manual or sometimes on the top of the hard drive there will be a schematic of how to move the tiny jumper around for your setup. The safest selection is CS or cable select. This means that the drives can go in any order and will still operate**please make sure that the newest drive on an IDE cablke is the one on the end. Get more information at antcpu.com!
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A technician is installing a new power supply in a computer Which type of power connector should be used to connect to a PATA hard drive?
A technician is installing a new power supply in a computer Which type of power connector should be used to connect to a PATA hard drive?berg mini-molexmolex.20-pin ATX connector
The main storage device on your computer is the?
Hard disk drive.
Is a genome like a computer hard drive or a computer screen?
hard drive on the computer, it does the programming
How does an exterior hard drive work?
Think of an external hard drive like a normal hard drive working outside your computer, they work very much in the same way. Normally (unless you are using a SCSI hard drive), they can be connected to your computer via a Firewire or USB connection. If you have a key-drive(aka USB memory stick),they work like a miniature external hard drive in the sense that they store date in an external format; an external hard drive is just like a large key-drive. With both a keydrive and an external hard drive, you simply connect it to your computer, and access its files. When you want to access your internal hard drive, you go to MyComputer and then select the C: drive; The external hard drive is a similar process, you select it's icon (located either on the desktop or MyComputer) and then you can access its files like a normal hard drive. You can drag files out of it onto your desktop, or alternatively, drag files into it to transfer files from your computer.
Does one harddrive case offer more protection than the others?
Generally speaking, hard drive cases do not offer more protection than another case. If you drop a hard drive while in its case, the resulting shock may displace some of the hard disk platters which will ultimately prevent the disk from being read. Additionally, a fully enclosed hard drive case is not healthy for the hard drive if the case does not provide a way for the hard drive to radiate heat. Please note that hard drives are one of the hottest (temperature wise) devices running in your computer. The friction caused by a spinning hard drive is what generates the heat in a hard drive so you must ensure that the hard drive has proper cooling available to it.
Does the motherboard have to be replaced when installing a new hard drive?
No it does not. As long as the motherboard has the proper connectors for the hard drive you are installing, IDE or SATA, you will not have to replace it. If the connectors are different, then return the hard drive and get one with the proper connection type.
What derermines the drive letter when installing a second hard drive?
operating system
When installing an IDE hard drive's configuration a master or slave is handled?
the hard drive should be set to master...
How can I create a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot with Back ups for both on 2 hard drives?
I would suggest installing windows on one hard drive, then installing ubuntu on the same hard drive. Use the other hard drive for the backups (partition it).
What does load a program mean?
Installing the program to your hard drive
Do you have to format a hard drive before installing Windows 98?
yes all hard drives must be reformatted before installing an operating system.
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...
Which is not necessary to do before installing beta software?
Defragging the hard drive
Do I have to format the hard drive when installing a new operating system?
yes you do.
Are any special tools required for installing a hard drive in a hard drive enclosure?
You normaly only need a srew driver
What is an important step when installing a second PATA hard drive in a computer?
configure the bios settings to auto detect the master hard drive
Can installing Linux ruin sectors on your hard drive and prevent future Windows installations?
No. Installing Linux is no more destructive than installing Windows.
