Putting an external Maxtor drive in my PC

young · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:38

Can I take both of my Maxtor 500 + 320 GB external hard drives apart and put them in my pc instead of using them externally?

Its currently running quite slow when I move large files around through a USB, I'm hoping to put the two hard drives in my PC.

rpstewart · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:47

In theory yes although chances are that the drives will be IDE rather than SATA and the board in your sig only supports 2 IDE devices. So if your DVD drive is IDE you're out of ports.

young · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:50

reeto, I'll make my mind up which hard drive to take apart and put just the one in then, thanks

young · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:57

how slow will the (now external) drive be in comparison to SATA? my current internal hdd is: 500GB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive

rpstewart · 1 Nov 2007 at 14:03

Depends on which exact model of drive each one is. For example there are at least 3 different models of WD 500Gb / 16Mb SATA300 drive.

young · 1 Nov 2007 at 14:17

im not sure to be honest, got this computer pre-bult from overclockers. i take it that it will be quicker than being external, by quite a bit, but not quite as quick as my current SATA drive