On the topic of hard drives...

Is it hard to install one? Im gonna get a new 80/100GB HD but i dont know if i should buy it off the internet for cheap or just take my pc to my local computer shop. Ive never opened up my computer before so im scared ill fry the shit inside it or completely screw it up

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Originally posted by [UK]Trancedewd© On the topic of hard drives... Is it hard to install one? Im gonna get a new 80/100GB HD but i dont know if i should buy it off the internet for cheap or just take my pc to my local computer shop. Ive never opened up my computer before so im scared ill fry the shit inside it or completely screw it up

Search on Google for instructions. Its got loads of stuff on this internet thingy

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Originally posted by [UK]Trancedewd© On the topic of hard drives... Is it hard to install one? Im gonna get a new 80/100GB HD but i dont know if i should buy it off the internet for cheap or just take my pc to my local computer shop. Ive never opened up my computer before so im scared ill fry the shit inside it or completely screw it up

computers are like lego, the only thing you have to watch out for with hard drives is the jumper setting on the hard drive. you need to take a look at what other things in your system are set to, then set it correctly. it makes things easier if everything is on 'cable select', as it just sets it as wherever you put it on the IDE lead (i.e. the connector on the end is master, while the one part-way down is slave), but if the rest of your stuff is set to 'master' or 'slave', then make sure your new hard drive is set to 'slave' before connecting it.

definitely google it first though, i can't be arsed to type a step by step walk-thru

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Last edited by tu_face on Jun-15-2004 at 09:42

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Originally posted by tu_face computers are like lego, the only thing you have to watch out for with hard drives is the jumper setting on the hard drive. you need to take a look at what other things in your system are set to, then set it correctly. it makes things easier if everything is on 'cable select', as it just sets it as wherever you put it on the IDE lead (i.e. the connector on the end is master, while the one part-way down is slave), but if the rest of your stuff is set to 'master' or 'slave', then make sure your new hard drive is set to 'slave' before connecting it. definitely google it first though, i can't be arsed to type a step by step walk-thru

yeah it is kinda like lego, but with settings

the POST in bios should give u a message if the hard drive aint set up properly, as i found with mine, it kept telling me it wouldnt run very well as a secondary master. so i switched it to a primary slave and it worked fine

building pcs and modding them pwns.

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