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January 1st, 2009 01:00
Dell Dimension 2350 HDD Upgrade
Hi folks,
First post here, so go easy on me!
My machine, as above, has the original 60Gb hard drive ( shipped January 2003 ), and all is OK. However, a friend of mine bought a Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160Gb 3.5" PATA Internal Hard Disk Drive for his pc, which is no longer required. This is the item. Can I use it on my D2350? The only upgrades I have done to my machine are a RAM ( to 1Gb ) and of course XP to SP3.
I have the reinstallation discs that shipped with the pc, and the XP Reinstallation disc is SP1.
I read that the 2350's originally shipped with 120Gb max hard drives? As my BIOS has not been upgraded since new, would it be able to handle 160Gb capacity?
I really would appreciate any advice offered.
osprey4
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January 1st, 2009 05:00
Yes, this drive will work in your 2350. You'll need a bracket to hold the drive, which can be easily found by searching online.
shesagordie
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January 1st, 2009 12:00
edinburgh47
The bracket for a second hard in the D-2350, can be purchased from HERE
This option requires a three connector 80 wire IDE cable, this could be purchased from a local computer store.
Dell has not published instructions for installing a second IDE/EIDE hard drive in a D-2350, but as the D-4600 has the same case and chassis, you can use the same instructions <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> for the physical installation.
A hint > Set the hard drive jumpers to "Cable Select".
After the physical installation, check in the setup, that the second drive is set to auto [on] and then use XP's disk management to partition and format the drive.
Bev.
kiss4afrog
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March 14th, 2013 17:00
Will it handle a 2TB drive ??
shesagordie
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March 14th, 2013 20:00
kiss4afrog
No, the Dimension 2350 supports IDE hard drives and there are no 2tb IDE hard drives manufactured
Yes, providing you install a PCI SATA controller card and a SATA 2tb hard drive and are using a XP SP1, or higher reinstallation disc.
Bev.
rdunnill
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March 14th, 2013 21:00
Yes, but you will have to install a third-party SATA card like the Syba 150R. If you do so and wish to retain the front panel LED functionality, you'll need to attach a separate LED to the activity pins on the SATA card.
I did that with my 2350 and it boots from a 2tb SATA hard drive. Larger drives can be used for data storage, but 32-bit Windows cannot boot from them and they require the Guid Partition Table partitioning scheme.
Here is package including a replacement LED suitable for use in the 2350. You'll only need one of the package, but it's no more than buying a separate LED cable from the likes of Directron.