Installing a second drive

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I've just bought a 250gb IDE drive to use as storage to compliment my current 40gb that has windows and whatnot installed.

My question is how best to install my new drive. Do i just bung it in, load up windows and then format it the same way i might format a floppy disk or do i fanny about with fdisk? Do i need to do anything in the bios? Do i need to partition the drive?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
 
Thanks for that.

I thought about using the new drive for windows but i simply cant be bothered with the hassle. I wont partition it either then as i have no need to really.

How many IDE devices can you attach to a motherboard (mine is an Asus A7v Nforce)? My current HD and my DVD writer are connected on separate IDE channels and i was going to install my new HD seperately aswell but i suppose i cant if two is my maximum. If thats the case then should i fix my new HD to the same IDE channel/cable as my current HD or my DVD writer?

I certainly hope that made some sense :)

Cheers
 
So which cable should i attach the new HD to? The one coming out of my current HD or the one out of my DVD writer?


Cheers.
 
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