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  • November 11, 2000 at 4:30 am #2086941

    Multiple IDE drives

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    by SDiBen541 · about 24 years, 5 months ago

    On a system that has 2 internal CD’s, a zip drive an (of course) a hard drive, can one add an additional IDE drive? This would equal 3 ide drives on one channel and 2 on another.

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    • November 11, 2000 at 6:32 am #3762624

      Multiple IDE drives

      by dmiles · about 24 years, 5 months ago

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      IDE only allows up to two disk drives in a series,to accomplish the set up you have stated you would have to use an EIDE,which allows up to four disk drives to be installed,two each on two IDE cables.

    • November 11, 2000 at 10:56 am #3762577

      Multiple IDE drives

      by chris hirst · about 24 years, 5 months ago

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      NO!!!

    • November 11, 2000 at 2:38 pm #3762560

      Multiple IDE drives

      by computechie · about 24 years, 5 months ago

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      Standard IDE/EIDE only allows you to have 2 devices per controller. With a vast majority of computers having 2 controllers, you max out at 4 IDE devices. You can however, get seperate controllers now that have 4 channels, which can still have 2 devices each, so you can get 8 IDE devices. The controllers don’t really cost all that much, usually less than 100 dollars. This would be your only reasonable solution, short of changing to SCSI devices. Hope this helps.

    • November 12, 2000 at 9:32 am #3762412

      Multiple IDE drives

      by gavin jones · about 24 years, 5 months ago

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      You can’t have any more than 4 IDE devices as standard, as has already been stated. The obvious choice would be to buy a SCSI device – these days they are virtually plug and play! You would have to buy a SCSI card, but once installed you can have a maximum of eight devices off the one card (combination of backup devices, hard drives, cd/cdr/cdrw and scanners). Worth considering I think.
      Gav

    • November 14, 2000 at 3:12 am #3873779

      Multiple IDE drives

      by goodtruck · about 24 years, 5 months ago

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      Another IDE drive can not be added to the current controllers. A third party controller can be purchased and used in a expansion slot. Since most hard drives are going to an ultra66 controller may I recommend getting one of those cards.

    • December 8, 2000 at 12:18 pm #3868914

      Multiple IDE drives

      by chattn · about 24 years, 4 months ago

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      If the 5th IDE device will be a HDD, have you considered purchasing one large enough to replace your existing hard disk?

      With only 4 IDE devices you won’t need to buy an expensive SCSI drive and adapter or use third party controllers.

      Sometimes simpler is better.

    • January 11, 2001 at 6:28 am #3830417

      Multiple IDE drives

      by SDiBen541 · about 24 years, 3 months ago

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