More than 2 HDD (?)

I'd like to temporarily install some IDE HDDs that were in
my previous system.

Present mainboard (GigaByte GA-M55plus-S3g) has only one HDD
controller/connector.

Is it trivial to install another controller card and get
these drives working so I can shuffle some data around?

If so, how can I figure out which card to get?

This is a Win2k system, if that matters.
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Thanks,
tbl

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:24:25 GMT, tbl wrote:

I'd like to temporarily install some IDE HDDs that were in
my previous system.

Present mainboard (GigaByte GA-M55plus-S3g) has only one HDD
controller/connector.

Is it trivial to install another controller card and get
these drives working so I can shuffle some data around?

If so, how can I figure out which card to get?

This is a Win2k system, if that matters.

That board has two IDE channels. See the white and green connectors?
That's them. You can install 4 IDE devices.
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~safehex/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/hackingvista/

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:00:04 -0500, Michael Cecil
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:24:25 GMT, tbl wrote:

I'd like to temporarily install some IDE HDDs that were in
my previous system.

Present mainboard (GigaByte GA-M55plus-S3g) has only one HDD
controller/connector.

Is it trivial to install another controller card and get
these drives working so I can shuffle some data around?

If so, how can I figure out which card to get?

This is a Win2k system, if that matters.

That board has two IDE channels. See the white and green connectors?
That's them. You can install 4 IDE devices.


You are right, of course. I currently have two CD-ROM
drives and two HDDs connected. My mind was astray when I
composed that question!

I'd like to keep all of the above connected and add two more
HDDs.

--
Thanks,
tbl

tbl wrote
Michael Cecil wrote
tbl wrote

I'd like to temporarily install some IDE HDDs that were in my previous system.

Present mainboard (GigaByte GA-M55plus-S3g) has only one HDD controller/connector.

Is it trivial to install another controller card and get
these drives working so I can shuffle some data around?

Yes.

If so, how can I figure out which card to get?

You dont need anything special. Its easier if the card doesnt support RAID.

This is a Win2k system, if that matters.

That board has two IDE channels. See the white and green connectors?
That's them. You can install 4 IDE devices.

You are right, of course. I currently have two CD-ROM drives and two
HDDs connected. My mind was astray when I composed that question!

I'd like to keep all of the above connected and add two more HDDs.

Its quite easy to do.

"tbl" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:00:04 -0500, Michael Cecil
wrote:

That board has two IDE channels. See the white and green connectors?
That's them. You can install 4 IDE devices.


You are right, of course. I currently have two CD-ROM
drives and two HDDs connected. My mind was astray when I
composed that question!

I'd like to keep all of the above connected and add two more
HDDs.

You don't need the CD/DVD connected to transfer files from the old HD to the new HD.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:58:05 GMT, tbl wrote:

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:00:04 -0500, Michael Cecil
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:24:25 GMT, tbl wrote:

I'd like to temporarily install some IDE HDDs that were in
my previous system.

Present mainboard (GigaByte GA-M55plus-S3g) has only one HDD
controller/connector.

Is it trivial to install another controller card and get
these drives working so I can shuffle some data around?

If so, how can I figure out which card to get?

This is a Win2k system, if that matters.

That board has two IDE channels. See the white and green connectors?
That's them. You can install 4 IDE devices.


You are right, of course. I currently have two CD-ROM
drives and two HDDs connected. My mind was astray when I
composed that question!

I'd like to keep all of the above connected and add two more
HDDs.

In that case, yes, it's trivial to add a controller card. Add the card,
boot up, add the drivers and voila you should be able to see whatever
drives are connected to the card.
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~safehex/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/hackingvista/