Dell

[Sir Golitech]

I was just wondering if it's OK to hook up a Western Digital H/D to a brand new Dell PC?
What I'm looking at is, I pulled out the WD hard drive from an old PC and I wanted to hook it up with the new Dell, but discovered that they don't have a second IDE cable hook up for a second hard drive.There is a power hook up but only 1 IDE cable coming from the mobo to the Dell hard drive.

Are all IDE cables the same?Could I use the dual ones from the old PC or will I get conflicts of some sort cause it's not Dell stuff?

Any help would be great.
Cheers
Goli

 

[FireMogle]

I cannot see a reason why you couldent slap another drive in there. Look in the BIOS and see if it has a place for more drives.
Primary Master
Primary Slave
2ndary Master
2ndary Slave

 

[OSUmaxx]

Yeah, just get a new IDE cable and you're good to go I have mutliple drives in multiple Dells.

 

[Skiing Squirrel]

It should be fine. Go for it.

 

[Sir Golitech]

Problem

The BIOS flashes by to quick.What's the key to get into the BIOS of a Dell?

 

[OSUmaxx]

Eh, I think its F2 on my Dells...

 

[Sir Golitech]

thanks OSUmaxx