I have 2 HDD's in my computer now, a 60 gig and 80 gig. If I buy one of the new Western Digital 200 gig HDD's with a controller card provided, will i be able to use all 3 HDD's if I hook one of them up to the controller card provided? I read somewhere that this was possible and I just want to make sure before buying another HD. Thanks in advance.
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Originally posted by Oyeman74I have 2 HDD's in my computer now, a 60 gig and 80 gig. If I buy one of the new Western Digital 200 gig HDD's with a controller card provided, will i be able to use all 3 HDD's if I hook one of them up to the controller card provided? I read somewhere that this was possible and I just want to make sure before buying another HD. Thanks in advance.
Good luck.:-(
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How do you ensure the drive is not a boot drive? I have a WD 120GB partitioned as my CDE drives and I want to use my 180GB IBM HD to use as my F G and H drives, ie: no boot drive. How do you ensure it is not a boot drive when you format it or install the HD? (I have not installed the IBM yet).
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Thanks. I've now got everything working ok or so it seems. My 6 partitions are CDE on the WD 120GB and FGH on the IBM 180GB. I was able to format the IBM using the Windows XP NTFS format tool but I notice the shop where I had the guys install my WD 120 GB the C is listed as a primary drive and the D and E are listed as logical drives. Is there a difference between it being a logical drive or a primary drive? Since I only have the C drive formatted as a primary drive I can also have the D and E also formatted to a primary drive too correct (as long as I do not go over 4 right?)?
Is there an advantage (speed or stability or flexibility) to having the drive as a logical versus a primary drive?
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