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Installing a second hard drive problem?
Hi, I'm not very good at hardware stuff.
Currently, I have two 250GB hard drives with Windows Vista installed on both (it somewhat seems). On the Computer folder, it shows that there is only one C drive with a capacity of 500GB, obviously the total of the 2 put together.
I've bought a 500GB hard drive and I wish to replace one of the 250GB hard drives. However, if I take one out, it states during the startup that there is no OS - and the exact same happens when I take the second one out when connecting the other one back. And yet that Vista shows only one drive with 500GB confuses me.
Is there any way to upgrade one HD to the new 500GB one whilest keep Vista on the other 250GB?
6 Answers
- Wes MLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
It sounds like you have a RAID 0 setup. RAID distributes and/or copies data across multiple hard drives, but the operating system sees it as just one hard drive. The problem is that you can't remove either of them. RAID 0 uses both hard drives at once when it reads and writes data. This way you get increased speed, but if either drive is removed or damaged your OS will be unbootable and you will be unable to recover any of your data (since your files are fragmented and distributed across both drives).
Basically, if you don't have an extra hard drive slot, there's no way you can install your new hard drive. You can still get an external casing and use it as an external drive, though.
- 1 decade ago
go to computer management.
start ->run compmgmt.msc
Check the disk manager, you will be able to see the disks, partitions and volumes. It includes pretty pictures, so you will get a good idea of how the disks are configured.
Sound like you may have them set up as an array, mirror or dynamic disks.
Once you know which, call again and ask what to do if you still can't work it out.
Graeme
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It's the way it's been installed: The two physical drives have been mounted as one volume. You may be able to alter this in 'disc management' via control panel, but I doubt it.
Just add your new drive as a third one if your board has the capacity.
- 1 decade ago
i would just run all 3 drives. set the jumper to slave on 500 and plug in should auto pick up in the bios. there should be room to mount the drive in your case unless this is a laptop or micro pc.
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- ErikaLv 45 years ago
you in all probability do no longer would desire to alter the jumper settings yet you would be able to would desire to go into the BIOS setup. i understand the default putting on my motherboard boost into to deactivate all further SATA ports. in case you watch the demonstrate intently once you boot up, after it finishes the memory try, it would say some thing like, "Press F2 to go into setup." the significant you will desire to press would be distinctive. that would desire to take you to a menu the place you could adjust your motherboard settings. examine your computers instruction manual to get the specifics of a thank you to stipulate your way in the process the BIOS setup, yet you will desire to have the skill to truthfully turn on the port your new stressfulpersistent is plugged into.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Are you sure this isn't a RAID array?
