Adding a third Hard Drive

[CJM]

I would like to add a third hard rive to be used only for storage. This
would be setup as a second "slave" drive. My motherboard has 2 IDE
connectors on it. Both of these are used by Hard Drives (2) and CD-ROMs(2).
Ths motherboard has another IDE connector for RAID. Can I use this
connector for the third drive and is there anything I must change in the
BIOS? If this is not an option, will purchasing a PCI controller card
resolve this?

Thank you for your response and time.

Chris

 

[Rod Speed]

I would like to add a third hard rive to be used only for storage.
This would be setup as a second "slave" drive. My motherboard
has 2 IDE connectors on it. Both of these are used by Hard Drives
(2) and CD-ROMs(2). Ths motherboard has another IDE connector
for RAID. Can I use this connector for the third drive

Usually, but not always. Varys with the motherboard.

and is there anything I must change in the BIOS?

Again, that varys with the motherboard.

If this is not an option, will purchasing
a PCI controller card resolve this?

Yep. Tho it can make more sense to just replace one
of the current hard drives with a bigger one instead.

 

[Debug]

I would like to add a third hard rive to be used only for storage. This
would be setup as a second "slave" drive. My motherboard has 2 IDE
connectors on it. Both of these are used by Hard Drives (2) and CD-ROMs(2).
Ths motherboard has another IDE connector for RAID. Can I use this
connector for the third drive and is there anything I must change in the
BIOS? If this is not an option, will purchasing a PCI controller card
resolve this?

Thank you for your response and time.

Chris

You need to install RAID drivers, whether it is used in a RAID
configuration or not.