help needed to install hard drive
- Thread starter awkgreen
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Here's a video on how to install an internal hard drive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbb9xrR49d8
Basic instructions begin about 5 minutes 30 seconds in.
Connecting an external hard drive is going to depend on what interface it uses. Many use a USB interface, while others use an external SATA (e-sata) interface. Either way, it's just a matter of plugging in power from a wall socket and connecting it to your PC via USB/E-SATA.
-Wolf sends
Basic instructions begin about 5 minutes 30 seconds in.
Connecting an external hard drive is going to depend on what interface it uses. Many use a USB interface, while others use an external SATA (e-sata) interface. Either way, it's just a matter of plugging in power from a wall socket and connecting it to your PC via USB/E-SATA.
-Wolf sends
Hawkeye22
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1. Mount the drive.
2. attach the power and data cables
3. Use windows disk management to initialize the drive.
If the drive is larger than 2TB use a GPT partition when initializing.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-format-hard-disk-partition#create-format-hard-disk-partition=windows-vista
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/disk-management-windows-7.htm
2. attach the power and data cables
3. Use windows disk management to initialize the drive.
If the drive is larger than 2TB use a GPT partition when initializing.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-format-hard-disk-partition#create-format-hard-disk-partition=windows-vista
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/disk-management-windows-7.htm
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