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adding a second hard drive!

rabbitinlights · 2002-06-27 21:28:21

i have a dell XPS R450 with a embarrisingly small 8Gb Hard drive, I want add a secong drive for storage (MP3s) Im not to sure what kind of HD is needed/supported? Is it a 5400rpm/7200rpm am i restricted to a certain size? eg<80Gb? Where is a good place to buy a big HD? are they hard to install? thanks Rabbit

27-06-2002 10:28pm

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i have a dell XPS R450 with a embarrisingly small 8Gb Hard drive,
I want add a secong drive for storage (MP3s)
Im not to sure what kind of HD is needed/supported?
Is it a 5400rpm/7200rpm
am i restricted to a certain size? eg<80Gb?
Where is a good place to buy a big HD?
are they hard to install?
thanks
Rabbit

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#2 28-06-2002 9:53pm

PiE

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You can use either, 5400RPM or 7200RPM. The latter obviously being better but more expensive.

www.itdirect.ie are good, for an Irish company, as are www.komplett.ie

Make sure the IDE cable (fat and grey) connecting the motherboard to your current HDD has a spare connector, same goes for the power cable (red&black twisted).

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