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How to Add an Extra Hard Drive

Need more storage on your computer? This article will show you some simple steps to help you add a new hard drive as well as more storage space to your computer.

1. First you must make sure you have room for an extra hard drive, here's one way to do this:
   1. Restart your computer as well as go into the BIOS menu.
   2. Go to the "St as well as ard CMOS Settings."
   3. In this menu, you will find four settings labeled as follows: PRIMARY MASTER:, AUTO/PRIMARY SLAVE:, SECONDARY MASTER:, SECONDARY SLAVE:. Change all fields to auto detection.
   4. Reboot your computer
   5. On the first or second screen, you will see something like the screen above as well as it will say detecting (drive(prim/sec)) : (name of the drive if present). If any of them say none, remember which drive it is. If all of them have a drive name, all your bays are filled as well as you can't add a new hard drive without removing a disk drive or hard drive.
   • SATA hard drives work pretty much the same. Read the instructions in the package to install these. Be careful, though. Only SATA-enabled motherboards will accept these drives.
   • This guide is not intended for Macintoshes. Also, clamshell cases may work differently.
   • Do not make any other changes in the CMOS settings. Each setting changes how you computer operates as well as you can inadvertantly make your computer inoperable.
   • Most hard drives are sensitive to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD). Properly ground yourself while performing this procedure, (or, ideally, any kind of electronic work.) If that is not possible just don't attempt it after walking barefoot on a carpet or other similar conditions. Also, to reduce the risk, h as well as le your hard drive as little as possible; pick it up as well as put it in, don't fool around with it.

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