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halfmeboots
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April 15th, 2007 22:00
installing a second hard drive
i have a
SATA Hard Drive 160Gb Seagate 7200.7 ST3160023AS installed already on my dell dimension 5000 so what would happen if i installed the same one as a second drive, would i encounter any problems would the system be able to with stand 320Gb between the two hard drives would they boot together i just want it as a backup drive as the one i have is nearly full i would be gratful if anyone could help.:smileywink:
Message Edited by halfmeboots on 04-15-2007 06:34 PM
shesagordie
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Posted April 16th, 2007 02:00
You should have no problems with installing a second SATA hard drive in the D-5000 system.
There should be a second SATA power connector already inside the case, but you will need to buy a SATA data cable, similar to this.
Bev.
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