3 Disk Drives?

peggman28 · 11-08-2006, 11:23 AM

i was just wondering can you run more than 2 drives in one pc as im wanting to add another dvdrw. replies would be appreciated. thanks

**cjessee** · 11-08-2006, 12:01 PM

You can run as many as your motherboard supports. Typically, if you have 2 IDE cables, you will be able to run 2 cd-roms and 2 hard drives or 1 cd-rom and 3 hard drives. You can also purchase a RAID card and increase the amount of drives in which you can add. It is not uncommon for many servers to run 6 hard drives or more at a time. So to answer your question, yes, you can connect 3 hard drives if your MB allows it.

peggman28 · 11-09-2006, 10:12 AM

im wanting to add another dvdrw not another hard drive lol. any help would be appreciated

**cjessee** · 11-09-2006, 10:13 AM

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to. Is your Hard drive and IDE drive?

peggman28 · 11-09-2006, 10:15 AM

my hard drives are SATA if thats what your asking?

**cjessee** · 11-09-2006, 10:20 AM

So you have a free IDE cable? Plug that sucker into the cd-rom and set the cd-rom up as slave using the jumpers. That ought to do the trick.

peggman28 · 11-09-2006, 10:27 AM

im already running 2 dvdrw's, i wanting to add a 3rd. ive got no spare ide cables apart from the one off a floppy drive.

**cjessee** · 11-09-2006, 10:41 AM

the floppy cable will no help you. If you look at where the ide cable for the other 2 cdroms is plugged into the motherboard, do you see another ide connector that would allow you to add a cable? It should be right next to it if it is there..... perhaps with nothing plugged into it. Of course, I am seeing a lot of boxes now that only have one IDE connector.... so if that is the case, I think that you are out of luck.

dai · 11-09-2006, 11:23 AM

i am running 2 dvdrw and a cdrw,if you only have 1 ide port you will need a pci ide card
if you run 2 dvdrw they will cater for everything you need,unless you are doing multiple burnings

11-08-2006, 11:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
peggman28 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7 OS: xp	3 Disk Drives? i was just wondering can you run more than 2 drives in one pc as im wanting to add another dvdrw. replies would be appreciated. thanks

11-08-2006, 12:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
cjessee Uh oh. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 794 OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Dictaphone, Windows 2003 Server	Hard drives You can run as many as your motherboard supports. Typically, if you have 2 IDE cables, you will be able to run 2 cd-roms and 2 hard drives or 1 cd-rom and 3 hard drives. You can also purchase a RAID card and increase the amount of drives in which you can add. It is not uncommon for many servers to run 6 hard drives or more at a time. So to answer your question, yes, you can connect 3 hard drives if your MB allows it.

11-09-2006, 11:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	i am running 2 dvdrw and a cdrw,if you only have 1 ide port you will need a pci ide card if you run 2 dvdrw they will cater for everything you need,unless you are doing multiple burnings __________________

11-09-2006, 10:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
peggman28 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7 OS: xp	im wanting to add another dvdrw not another hard drive lol. any help would be appreciated

11-09-2006, 10:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
cjessee Uh oh. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 794 OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Dictaphone, Windows 2003 Server	I don't see why you wouldn't be able to. Is your Hard drive and IDE drive?

11-09-2006, 10:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
peggman28 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7 OS: xp	my hard drives are SATA if thats what your asking?

11-09-2006, 10:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
cjessee Uh oh. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 794 OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Dictaphone, Windows 2003 Server	So you have a free IDE cable? Plug that sucker into the cd-rom and set the cd-rom up as slave using the jumpers. That ought to do the trick.

11-09-2006, 10:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
peggman28 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7 OS: xp	im already running 2 dvdrw's, i wanting to add a 3rd. ive got no spare ide cables apart from the one off a floppy drive.

11-09-2006, 10:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
cjessee Uh oh. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 794 OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Dictaphone, Windows 2003 Server	the floppy cable will no help you. If you look at where the ide cable for the other 2 cdroms is plugged into the motherboard, do you see another ide connector that would allow you to add a cable? It should be right next to it if it is there..... perhaps with nothing plugged into it. Of course, I am seeing a lot of boxes now that only have one IDE connector.... so if that is the case, I think that you are out of luck.