Hard Drive Help

January 29th, 2003

My kid's comp has 2 H/drives and i want to know if there is a program that will link the 2 together to work as one.......It has to be small as it's only small h/drives........

:blink: :happy:

January 29th, 2003

Why not just keep them as seperate particions?

I dont know much about this, but I think RAID array in some of the newer motherboards can do this. I dont know of any software that can do this though

January 29th, 2003

In Windows 2000 and XP you can install a drive into a folder on the first partition (C

. If you already have the second drive installed with data I'm not sure it's possible though.

January 29th, 2003

Why not just keep them as seperate particions?

I dont know much about this, but I think RAID array in some of the newer motherboards can do this. I dont know of any software that can do this though

Wat program are u talking about....i'm not quite sure??????

All i want to do is join the two h/drives so they work as one ....like I had only one h/drive......PLZ HELP ME !!!!!!1

**Hipster Doofus** · January 30th, 2003

Have you installed the 2nd hard drive? If so & the bios is picking it up as a slave then boot into xp. Open windows explorer & see what is there. You should be able to see the new hard drive as a letter. Right click on it & choose 'format' if necessary. Now you have the main C drive & the other hard drive will allow you to put things onto it. Just make sure you use the correct file system to format.

January 30th, 2003

Have you installed the 2nd hard drive? If so & the bios is picking it up as a slave then boot into xp. Open windows explorer & see what is there. You should be able to see the new hard drive as a letter. Right click on it & choose 'format' if necessary. Now you have the main C drive & the other hard drive will allow you to put things onto it. Just make sure you use the correct file system to format.
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wen i go into "my comp" it has a c: and a d:...........c: is 3GB,4% free space and d:is 2GB, 94% free space..

I want to run them both as a combined hardrive so it only says - c: 5GB, 98% free space.

OH by the way..I dont want to loose info..lol...Is it possible????

Or should i save all the info i want to keep onto disk and reformat both drives and put o/s on one drive and put personal info on the other?????

Sorry if I seem un-knowligable(if thats a word) but im only new at this !!!!!!
Be Kind

iowaboy · January 30th, 2003

Promise Technology I believe makes a IDE controller card that would allow you to run the hard drives as a raid configuration. But, with c drive having only 4 % free you really need to move or delete some files so room will be available. The best thing to do is backup all the important files and then reinstall the operating system then reinstall the files. This will get rid of the clutter and make the computer more efficient. If you are going to install Win XP it is generally better to install it first on a clean hard drive.

January 30th, 2003

Originally posted by iowaboy
Promise Technology I believe makes a IDE controller card that would allow you to run the hard drives as a raid configuration. But, with c drive having only 4 % free you really need to move or delete some files so room will be available. The best thing to do is backup all the important files and then reinstall the operating system then reinstall the files. This will get rid of the clutter and make the computer more efficient. If you are going to install Win XP it is generally better to install it first on a clean hard drive.

cool...thanks for the reply....I might do that then.....

Thanks to everyone for their reply's as well....I might not use them but I did learn something new and that's all that counts in the end....thank you !!!!!:happy:

January 29th, 2003	Top \| #1
alloy25 Unregistered Posts: n/a	Hard Drive Help My kid's comp has 2 H/drives and i want to know if there is a program that will link the 2 together to work as one.......It has to be small as it's only small h/drives........ :blink: :happy:

January 29th, 2003	Top \| #3
sdibias Unregistered Posts: n/a	In Windows 2000 and XP you can install a drive into a folder on the first partition (C. If you already have the second drive installed with data I'm not sure it's possible though.

January 30th, 2003	Top \| #5
Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 187	Have you installed the 2nd hard drive? If so & the bios is picking it up as a slave then boot into xp. Open windows explorer & see what is there. You should be able to see the new hard drive as a letter. Right click on it & choose 'format' if necessary. Now you have the main C drive & the other hard drive will allow you to put things onto it. Just make sure you use the correct file system to format. Pentium 4 2.6ghz 400mhz @ 3.07ghz 472mhz / Gigabyte GA-8IHXP v2.1 / RAMBUS PC 800 768mb / Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256mb / 2 x Maxtor 80gb ATA133 DiamondMax, RAID0 :: 1 x Western Digital 7200 40gb / Liteon DVD-RW Dual Layer SOHW-1633S @ 1653S / Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW LTR-52246S / Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Fan / Antec TruePower 480w / RD3XP Gladiator Rounded Cables

January 30th, 2003	Top \| #8
alloy25 Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally posted by iowaboy Promise Technology I believe makes a IDE controller card that would allow you to run the hard drives as a raid configuration. But, with c drive having only 4 % free you really need to move or delete some files so room will be available. The best thing to do is backup all the important files and then reinstall the operating system then reinstall the files. This will get rid of the clutter and make the computer more efficient. If you are going to install Win XP it is generally better to install it first on a clean hard drive. cool...thanks for the reply....I might do that then..... Thanks to everyone for their reply's as well....I might not use them but I did learn something new and that's all that counts in the end....thank you !!!!!:happy:

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January 29th, 2003	Top \| #2
toxicity Unregistered Posts: n/a	Why not just keep them as seperate particions? I dont know much about this, but I think RAID array in some of the newer motherboards can do this. I dont know of any software that can do this though

January 29th, 2003	Top \| #4
alloy25 Unregistered Posts: n/a	Why not just keep them as seperate particions? I dont know much about this, but I think RAID array in some of the newer motherboards can do this. I dont know of any software that can do this though Wat program are u talking about....i'm not quite sure?????? All i want to do is join the two h/drives so they work as one ....like I had only one h/drive......PLZ HELP ME !!!!!!1

January 30th, 2003	Top \| #6
alloy25 Unregistered Posts: n/a	Have you installed the 2nd hard drive? If so & the bios is picking it up as a slave then boot into xp. Open windows explorer & see what is there. You should be able to see the new hard drive as a letter. Right click on it & choose 'format' if necessary. Now you have the main C drive & the other hard drive will allow you to put things onto it. Just make sure you use the correct file system to format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ wen i go into "my comp" it has a c: and a d:...........c: is 3GB,4% free space and d:is 2GB, 94% free space.. I want to run them both as a combined hardrive so it only says - c: 5GB, 98% free space. OH by the way..I dont want to loose info..lol...Is it possible???? Or should i save all the info i want to keep onto disk and reformat both drives and put o/s on one drive and put personal info on the other????? Sorry if I seem un-knowligable(if thats a word) but im only new at this !!!!!! Be Kind

January 30th, 2003	Top \| #7
iowaboy old person Joined: March 2002 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 118 Reputation: 10 Power: 125	Promise Technology I believe makes a IDE controller card that would allow you to run the hard drives as a raid configuration. But, with c drive having only 4 % free you really need to move or delete some files so room will be available. The best thing to do is backup all the important files and then reinstall the operating system then reinstall the files. This will get rid of the clutter and make the computer more efficient. If you are going to install Win XP it is generally better to install it first on a clean hard drive.