Hi all, I'm running a 1Ghz system, and have 2 HDD of 40Gb each, 1 DVD and 1 CD-RW. I bought the second Hdd about a month ago and have 500Mb free now. I'd like to add a third bigger hdd but all the Ide slots are in use. Cash is low so any suggestions? I didn't want to swap the the 2nd hdd for a new one, I'd like to run it as well as. As well, can win 98 se coupe with a drive above 100gb? I read somewhere that you can split the ide cable but you loose a lot of performance. Ideas and suggestions more than welcome.

Hi John R, You can only have 4 IDE devices attatched to the motherboard. Two on each of the IDE cables. You could buy a HD Controller board to overcome the limitation, they run around $30.00 U.S. dollars. Windows will not have a problem with the 100Gb hard drive. Your bios may not support it though. You can check the site of the motherboard manufacture to find out if it does support it. If it does not you could use the drive overlay supplied by the manufacture of the hard drive or update your bios. Another thing you may run into with a hard drive above 64Gb is fdisk. Check out the link below on more info about that and the fix. Fdisk and drives larger than 64Gb HTH Best Regards, Mesich

You could add an external hard drive, but price may be a factor. You might also consider cleaning up your storage. 80GB of stuff on the computer? Have you considered an alternative system for archiving data? For instance a tape drive or DVD writer. -Bob

Hi, This device could prove useful if you want to add hard disks but don't have a spare IDE channel and or space for a PCI ATA control card Looking at what used to be the Radio Shack stores web site, they are now called Maplins here in the UK, I found this http://maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=030315115653768&moduleno=35057&modulecode= Allows your old hard disk to connect to a USB port. Has to be a good idea for transfering data from your old hard disk and / or computer to your new one without having to take the top off, networking, laplinking, parallel cable connection or anything else. Could be a very simple solution to a question posted countless times on this forum. A US web site with the same device is here http://www.qvs.com/usb/usb2.asp hth Ceri

Thanks Ceri, never seen that before. Since I don't use my DVD player that much that would be useful. I could use it for the DVD and get a third hdd. Thanks Mesich, I need to look into that. All I rememeber from my motherboard is that it's a VIA something... Bob, I use a lot of video, hence the storage. I'd like the DVD writer but the price is putting me off at the moment. But it would be cheaper in the long run, I know.