Second Hard Drive?

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    HuwRowlands

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    Hi,

    How do I know which type of Hard Drive I can install into my PC?

    I want to be able to add a second internal hard-drive myself for my work. I have done this in this past on my older machines but am unsure how to find out what type I need?!

    Can someone help me out with this?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    HuwRowlands, Nov 4, 2010
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    You need to open the case and see what you have.

    IDE drives use a connector that has two rows of lots of little pins and a 4-lead power connector.

    SATA drives use a connector that is a small flat piece of plastic with flat gold contacts on it and a very small (1/4 inch wide) power connector that also has gold contacts on it.

    If you have a desktop PC, the motherboard may have connectors on it for both types.
     
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