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Old September 29th, 2004, 10:51 AM
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add more IDE harddrives
I have two HDs on my primary channel and two CDROMs on my secondary channel. I was wandering if there is any way to add more HDs to the setup by use of a PCI card or something. The reason is I've run out of space on my drives and I don't have enough money to buy larger drives. But I do have some extra smaller drives I could install, but there are no more IDE channels available. Is RAID the only way to do this or is there another option?

I have w2k pro.
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Old September 29th, 2004, 12:40 PM
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you can buy an ide controller card that will allow you to add 4 more ide devices without going to a raid system.

the setup may be a little difficult. I seem to remember I had to install the drivers for the card before I installed the card, but that was a couple of years ago.
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Old September 29th, 2004, 03:29 PM
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I purchased a PCI IDE Controller card for £12 and it works perfectly.
No driver problems at all.
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Old September 30th, 2004, 08:50 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I installed a SIIG controller card and it works beautifully. I didn't even have to install any drivers. Thanks again.
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