Scotty_B
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I have a Compaq SR1909uk and the 80gb internal HDD has 450mb left on it. 
I was looking at externals but would prefer a 2nd internal drive as space is a premium and cost is an issue.
Could someone please advise what I need and how easy it is to install etc.
Ta 
[Edited on 11-08-2009 by CorSRi_BT]
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mjw_2k2
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you would need to open the case and have a look at what you have, i'd reccommend getting a sata2 drive over a IDE drive as its a faster drive, but it depends if your motherboard has a spare sata2 connector, you would only be looking at £30- £40 for a 250GB drive which would be sufficient? IDE would probably be the easiest, just set the jumper to slave and put it on same ribbon as existing, need any more info u2u me
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Scotty_B
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sata 2, IDE means nothing to me.
I'll open the PC and take pics and post them up.  
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johnhara1
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I have a spare 80GB IDE hard drive, ill post to you for £10 via PayPal if you want it.
It's in excellent working condition.
Ill set it to slave before i post it and all you need to do is attach it to the same cable your current hard drive is on. It's a 2minute job, ill also send you the mounting screws.
[Edited on 11-08-2009 by johnhara1]
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Scotty_B
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Thanks for the offer but my photography would fill 80gb within months. I'm looking for at least 500gb to keep me going for a while.
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johnhara1
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i have a 500gb IDE one aswell. £25 delivered.
[Edited on 11-08-2009 by johnhara1]
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Cavey
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It's SATA connection... so you'll need to buy a 500gb SATA Hard drive, I use ebuyer, £50 or so, turn computer off, plug it in, go.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00692780&tmp_track_link=ot_faqs/top_issues/en_sg/c00692780/loc:7&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=sg&lang=en&product=3207951
1 tb Hard drive
500gb
[Edited on 11-08-2009 by Cavey]
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johnhara1
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The board will most likely have 2 IDE ports aswell.
1 of them is prob taken up by the DVD-RW drive so the other will be free.
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James_DT
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3207951
The motherboard specs on there show it as having SATA ports.
Buy something like this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168374
Another SATA cable, and get hold of some mounting screws, and use a guide like this:
http://www.wikihow.com/Add-an-Extra-Hard-Drive
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Cavey
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According to that spec, yes it does have 2 IDE, which is apparently now called PATA ?  So John is right as well
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James_DT
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Technically, the term IDE covers both PATA (Parallel ATA) and SATA (Serial ATA).
[Edited on 11-08-2009 by James_DT]
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Scotty_B
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I check the connections later.
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mjw_2k2
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have a look at this which will help you - http://www.teamlegion.net/jroseonline/images/usbtut04.jpg
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Scotty_B
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quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3207951
The motherboard specs on there show it as having SATA ports.
Looking at this spec there is only space for one internal HDD.
Hope not I bought another one to go in.
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James_DT
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You can mount an extra internal HDD in the spare external 3.5" bay.
edit: and get an adapter to put one in the external 5.25" bay, if you wish.
[Edited on 02-09-2009 by James_DT]
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noshua
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Can get an external 3.5" 500GB drive for £40 at Comet/Currys at the minute, Iomega.
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Scotty_B
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I took a few pics of the wiring.
Does it have SATA connections? The original HDD in connected through IDE.
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James_DT
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Top right on the motherboard in the first photo, there's 4 identical, different-coloured sockets. They're SATA.
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Scotty_B
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Nice one James.
Just need to buy a cable now. 
What cables do I need? 
[Edited on 02-09-2009 by CorSRi_BT]
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AndyKent
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
i have a 500gb IDE one aswell. £25 delivered.
[Edited on 11-08-2009 by johnhara1]
What make, model etc?
[Edited on 03-09-2009 by AndyKent]
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
I took a few pics of the wiring.
Does it have SATA connections? The original HDD in connected through IDE.
Thats IDE at the moment but the connectors on the top left of the motherboard in the first shot are SATA, the black power connectors are for sata also.
[Edited on 03-09-2009 by DaveyLC]
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Scotty_B
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So the black connectors are SATA power connectors?
So I just need to buy a SATA data cable which connects to the motherboard?
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BlueCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
So the black connectors are SATA power connectors?
So I just need to buy a SATA data cable which connects to the motherboard?
Yes and yes, got space to fit another 2 hard drives in there by the looks of things.
[Edited on 03-09-2009 by BlueCorsa]
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DaveyLC
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Much simpler to just buy an external USB drive.. You can get 320gb for less than £50 these days.
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Scotty_B
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Much simpler to just buy an external USB drive.. You can get 320gb for less than £50 these days.
True, I have a 500gb external already.
Just don't have space for another one so an internal will do nicely, plus it saves on another plug.
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