Just order the 8400 with one SATA 250 or whatever size you want then go buy another SATA drive at the local comp store, probably cheaper than from Dell and install it yourself. Just a thought.:smileyhappy:
Through our web sales page, the only dual hard drive systems that we offer are RAID (RAID 0 or 1). If you want two separate non-RAID hard drives installed you can order one of the RAID 1 (data mirrored) setups and then just break the RAID; this will leave your operating system setup alone on the boot drive and allow you to use the second drive as a distinct separate drive.
1bowtie: Amazingly enough, the Dell price for adding a 2nd 160GB drive seems very competitive (slightly cheaper!) than what I'd be able to buy locally, with the added benefit of coming already installed. What's not to love?
Stephen - how would I break the RAID? Is that a bios setting?
There is an option in the RAID BIOS utility to reset the disk to non-RAID. This will leave you with two separate hard drives with the same data. You can then just go in and reformat the second hard drive and use it like any other hard drive.
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1bowtie: Amazingly enough, the Dell price for adding a 2nd 160GB drive seems very competitive (slightly cheaper!) than what I'd be able to buy locally, with the added benefit of coming already installed. What's not to love?
Stephen - how would I break the RAID? Is that a bios setting?
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dwwhitman,
There is an option in the RAID BIOS utility to reset the disk to non-RAID. This will leave you with two separate hard drives with the same data. You can then just go in and reformat the second hard drive and use it like any other hard drive.