Please help me !!!!
I want to add a spare IDE hard drive to my pc that has 2 sata drive in raid
, whats the safest method to do it?

Thank you for your reply

"Jadumu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7D69539D-B83B-4B64-A900-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Please help me !!!!
> I want to add a spare IDE hard drive to my pc that has 2 sata drive in
> raid
> , whats the safest method to do it?
>
> Thank you for your reply

Add it externally, via a USB2 case. You can also use FireWire, but be
aware that you should try to keep the connections stable, as hotplugging can
rapidly destroy FireWire ports.

If you add it internally, there may be concerns that are specific to your
system's motherboard, and so you'll have to read the manual.

Once you sort out what settings you might need to change, add the drive, and
turn the machine back on. Boot into Windows, and go to Disk Management to
initialise, partition, and format it.

HTH
-pk

I try it internally , but the computer doesnt recognize it

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "Jadumu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7D69539D-B83B-4B64-A900-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Please help me !!!!
> > I want to add a spare IDE hard drive to my pc that has 2 sata drive in
> > raid
> > , whats the safest method to do it?
> >
> > Thank you for your reply
>
> Add it externally, via a USB2 case. You can also use FireWire, but be
> aware that you should try to keep the connections stable, as hotplugging can
> rapidly destroy FireWire ports.
>
> If you add it internally, there may be concerns that are specific to your
> system's motherboard, and so you'll have to read the manual.
>
> Once you sort out what settings you might need to change, add the drive, and
> turn the machine back on. Boot into Windows, and go to Disk Management to
> initialise, partition, and format it.
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>
>

On Oct 29, 12:17 pm, Jadumu <Jad...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I try it internally , but the computer doesnt recognize it
>
>
>
> "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
> > "Jadumu" <Jad...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:7D69539D-B83B-4B64-A900-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Please help me !!!!
> > > I want to add a spare IDE hard drive to my pc that has 2 sata drive in
> > > raid
> > > , whats the safest method to do it?
>
> > > Thank you for your reply
>
> > Add it externally, via a USB2 case. You can also use FireWire, but be
> > aware that you should try to keep the connections stable, as hotplugging can
> > rapidly destroy FireWire ports.
>
> > If you add it internally, there may be concerns that are specific to your
> > system's motherboard, and so you'll have to read the manual.
>
> > Once you sort out what settings you might need to change, add the drive, and
> > turn the machine back on. Boot into Windows, and go to Disk Management to
> > initialise, partition, and format it.
>
> > HTH
> > -pk- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

IDE drive have 'jumpers" to tell the IDE cable which is its
configuration (Master / Slave) or if the drive uses Cable Select. You
will also need to "tell" the BIOS that the IDE port(s) is "enabled"
and in which "Sequence" the boot process must occur. (SATA needs to
be first in your case.)

I second the recommendation for a USB2 / Firewire external enclosure.
This is the easiest way of not "screwing" up your boot sequence.