secondary hard drives

Similar Questions

• Secondary hard drive for M58e

  I really like the Lenovo computers, the M58e that I just bought (two, actually) doesn't have a provision for adding a secondary hard drive. The hardware Maintenance Manual shows a cage on the bottom of the case, but that is not. The manual, as far as I could tell, has failed a number of similar cage.

  It is hard to believe that Lenovo would be a tower that does not have the ability to easily add a second hard drive. What is the solution? Drill holes in the bottom of the case? Incredible.

  Support is provided with certain models, but not others. This is really unfortunate. I drilled four holes in the bottom of the case and the bottom mounted drive, very near where it would have been if the support was present.

• My secondary hard drive (f) disappeared. However when I run windows xp (sp3) in safe mode, it is there and works very well. Help please.

  My secondary hard drive (f) disappeared.  However when I run windows xp (sp3) in safe mode, it is there and works very well. Help please.

  Hello what jay,

  Thank you for your message.  Please, try the following:
  Click 'Start' > right click on 'My computer' > select 'manage '.
  Click on "disk management".
  Here you see secondary hard drive?
  If so, you can assign it a drive letter and everything should be good.
  Please let us know if it did or did not help to solve your problem.
  See you soon

  Engineer Jason Microsoft Support answers visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Unistalling windows vista on a secondary hard drive.

  I recently built a new PC with a SSD as main OS drive and Windows 7 as my new main operating system.  As long as my secondary HARD drive, I used an old HDD that has a version of Vista as well as all my old files.  I'm hoping to keep all my old files on this disk and delete Vista to free up space on this drive.  I have also other programs (software Zune. ect on the drive, I guess I will need to download a new version for Win7.)  Should I uninstall that as well and download a new version?

  Any advice you may have for me are appreciated... Thank you!

  -Brian

  I recently built a new PC with a SSD as main OS drive and Windows 7 as my new main operating system.  As long as my secondary HARD drive, I used an old HDD that has a version of Vista as well as all my old files.  I'm hoping to keep all my old files on this disk and delete Vista to free up space on this drive.  I have also other programs (software Zune. ect on the drive, I guess I will need to download a new version for Win7.)  Should I uninstall that as well and download a new version?

  Any advice you may have for me are appreciated... Thank you!

  -Brian

  Hey Silspar24

  your files are installed in the operating system vista on the second hard drive

  Save your files in another location and format the disk wiping everything then copy your files on the disk clean and formatted

  and for your version of zune for windows question 7 ask in the forums of windows 7 on the link below

  the drive must be formatted to remove vista from so you will lose zune

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/default.aspx#tab=2

  Walter, the time zone traveller

• Secondary hard drive receives the drive letter assigned to the start-up

  I have recently formatted my secondary hard drive, which had been sitting in my empty PC and do nothing for a while, to function as a music folder. The problem I have is that every time you start that I have to manually assign the drive letter, Windows does not automatically. I tried to reformat the hard disk, but it does not solve the problem. In addition, by train to perform a bugcheck gives an error indicating the check cannot be completed. Personally, I have no idea how to solve this problem, and I have not found anyone with the same issue.

  Hi Revolvist,

  There is a possibility that the second hard disk is defective or damaged.

  If the second hard disk is a separate hard drive, I suggest you disconnect the drive from the computer (if possible) and connect to another computer and check if the problem persists.

  Install or remove a hard drive

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/install-or-remove-a-hard-disk-drive

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• that winsxs folder can be moved to another partition / secondary hard drive

  Hello

  SINNCE the continuous breeding winsxs folder - can it safely be moved to another partition on the hard drive or a secondary hard drive? -in the affirmative; How?

  Shailesh

  Hello

  SINNCE the continuous breeding winsxs folder - can it safely be moved to another partition on the hard drive or a secondary hard drive? -in the affirmative; How?

  Shailesh

  First of all, read this: http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/ he might change his mind.

  Secondly, yes you can but I (and others) would not recommend it: http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/

• Windows 7 loses the secondary hard drive

  This has been a problem, I don't know why I waited this long to ask about it.

  My secondary hard drive keep endangered of Windows 7, as if someone unplugged spontaneously, except that it's still there.

  This problem can be resolved by restarting just the computer, and it can remain correct for a few minutes, a few hoursor a few days, but it still exists, usually several times a week.

  I checked all connections and even swapped the cables. There is nothing wrong with the drive itself, I can put it in another computer without this problem occurring. I also tried to move to an another empty SATA connection on the motherboard without success.

  I do not use the drive on a regular basis and bought only so that the steam and the game files that are, (and now the original since I finally broke down and got Mass Effect 3 despite efforts to avoid EA "me too!" steam clone.) were not cluttering up my main hard drive.

  But when I decide to take a load off and play games, I like for the reader to be there without needing a reboot, it can so be a little frustrating because it's usually when I am stressed already :)

  Thanks in advance for any help offered.

  Notes:

  PC is a version custom;

  HARD disk: 300 GB wd velociraptor (Primary)

  HARD drive: 600 GB wd velociraptor (Secondary)

  PSU: 1200w

  MOBO: EVGA classified (not sure about the top of my head that one in the series)

  CPU: intel core i7 950

  GPU: nvidia geforce gtx 680 (EVGA)

  MEM: 6 GB DDR3

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forum.

  Disks RAID configured hard two?

  Internal hard disks connect to the motherboard of your computer using an IDE or SATA interface interface. Most new hard drives come with an IDE or SATA connection cable, depending on the type of drive.

  Install an internal hard disk takes a bit more work, especially if you plan to make the new disk your primary hard disk where you install Windows. Drive hard internal jumpers that you set to configure the main hard drive (master) disk where you install Windows or a secondary (slave) drive where you store programs and files. For the diagnosis of your problem, I suggest trying the following methods and check if the number is reproduced.

  Method 1:

  Check if you are able to view the second hard disk (HDD) in Device Manager. If so, try to change drive letter assignments in Windows 7. See the following steps:

  (a) connect to the computer as an administrator.

  (b) click Start, right-click computerand then click Manage.

  (c) click on disk management.

  (d) right click on the volume of the secondary HDD that you want to change and then click change drive letter and paths.

  (e) double click on the secondary drive, click change, click the drive letter that you want to use and then click OK.

  Additional information:
  Change, add, or remove a drive letter
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  If method 1 does not resolve the problem, go to method 2.

  Method 2:

  I suggest you try to check the secondary hard drive to find errors.

  Consult the following link:

  Check your hard drive to find errors in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2641432/en-us

  Warning: Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data can be lost.

  If method 2 does not work, go to method 3.

  Method 3:

  Try to run a scan of the file system (CFS) auditor to check any file corruption:

  1. Go to Start, click all programs and open the Accessories.
  2. Right-click on command prompt in the list programs, and then select run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, click OK, or alternatively click on Yes.
  3. In the command prompt, type the following command and press ENTER:
     sfc/scannow

  For more information, refer to this link:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us

  Hope this information is useful. If the problem still persists, please post back for further assistance, we will be happy to help you.

• Can I format my secondary hard drive on another PC?

  I understand that you format a secondary hard drive before using this, but what happens if I format it in another computer and place it in another computer? I basically want to just send my files on the secondary hard drive then put the hard drive in another computer and transfer the files on the primary. Should it be formatted when installed in another computer, every time and will it be ok if I just send my files to real vivid primary in another computer? Thank you

  Format on a computer and you can use it in all that are supported by the type of file system.  Use NTFS for windows computers.

• Allocate storage to a temporary file on the secondary hard drive?  (CS5)

  Is it possible to allocate a file temp on a secondary hard drive storage?

  I have created a few videos and am really low on disk space C;  Is there a parameter such as the space consumed by ongoing projects can be used by my secondary hard drive?

  I first pro installed on the C drive, but want the consumption of data occurs on the D drive.

  Version CS5.5

  Any help is very appreciated.

  Scroll down the guidelines for the use of the disc:

  Disk configuration:

• Add the secondary hard drive to dv7-3130eo

  Anyone know if it is possible to use the secondary hard drive Bay on the above model.

  I searched and could not know whether or not it is supported. If it supports this what should I use to add an sdd drive

  Yes, it can be used. You just need the hard drive caddy and the connector like the one that is in the hard drive Bay. They are available online or on eBay for maybe $45.

  example of

  Yes, the hard drive can be an ssd. SSD drives have the same physical dimensions and connections such as a SATA drive. You need the money because I just don't see prices of SSDS come down to where I think it makes sense to invest in one. I ran an ssd in my last laptop... paid about $400 for a concert 128 2 years ago and I don't think they are much cheaper now, although they are better I guess. It was all that (fast, quiet, cool), but it was nagging little glitches on writing on the disc and occasionally she just sat there for a few seconds and think about doing something. I changed a standard 7200 RPM drive.

• How can I configure my H8-1240 to use a large secondary hard drive

  I installed a Western Digital 3TO (WD30EZRX) hard drive as a secondary drive.  My bios recognizes the drive as being 3 TB.  I used the Windows 7 computer management tool to manage and format the drive, but it won't allow me to use 2 TB of the car and leaves 746,52 GB unallocated.  How to access unallocated space?

  The drive is functional, but I want to access all of the available space.  I tried to "Extend Volume", but this option is grayed out in the menu.  I searched the forum, HP, Google, Gigabyte and Western Digital to the site but have not found the answer.

  Computer: H8-1240

  Motherboard: M3970BM (printed on the card), seems to be made by Gigabyte

  BIOS: An2_705.rom v7.05

  On my system (see above), I found my answer.

  I had to just go into my disk management and delete all partitions of my 3 TB drive.  Once all the unallocated space, I could then right click on the drive and choose "convert to GPT disk.  It is!  Now my secondary drive shows 2794,39 GB free.  Nice.

• Trash mirror on the secondary hard drive

  I am running win xp sp3. I have a secondary drive. This disc has a file called "Regenerator" which reflects the trash on my main drive. I have the trash to manage two readers separately and each has a different percentage of the hard drive. Why - this file is 'Recycle' mirror trash of the primary drive? What can I do about it? It uses valuable space. Thanks in advance for your help.

  Windows will not move files and folders deleted to a disk or another.

  In addition, when you send files and folders to the Recycle Bin, the physical files are still in the same location on disk.

  the files and folders are indexed is by the Explorer, but instead are now being indexed to the trash.

  as a result, what you see probably is a mirror of the table / index of the name of file and folder names.

  index no greater than the amount of disk space through the physical files and are in fact using folders.

  Moreover, even after you empty the trash, files and folders are still on the disk and can be recovered using any undelete program.

  That being said, if you really want to find free space after the Recycle Bin empty-ing, you will need to wipe the free space of each disc with a cloth from disk.

  then I do a check disk and Defrag afterwards.

• How you disassemble a secondary HARD drive after boot?

  Vista SP2

  If a secondary spare hard drive is installed and used for backups only, how only prevents editing during the boot process?

  I don't want this available until volume wherever I actually backup, in order to avoid the possibility of a virus attack.

  A flight-mount batch file or the script running duing/after starting would be acceptable, but I prefer the volume is not available for the system until the mount-flight command is issued once the operating system is started.

  I need an example of a batch or a script that I can use for both assemble and disassemble.

  Mount or dismount a drive
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Mount-Dismount-drive#1TC=Windows-7

  Also: http://www.wikihow.com/Unmount-a-Drive

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Install Windows from secondary hard drive

  I have a sony vaio vgn-ar825e I am trying to install windows 7 on. Because it's a double hard drive, I put a second hard drive in it with windows 7 already installed on it. Is it possible to install windows from disk hard secondary to primary works hard drive?

  AFAIK, you can boot from a second internal drive, but your BIOS must be able to select the second drive, and I'm not sure that the average laptop BIOS has the ability.

  You better boot and install from a flash drive. In addition, it is a good idea to remove or unplug the secondary internal drives during the installation of an operating system...

  How to create a boot flash drive...

  http://www.ehow.com/how_5215265_make-bootable-Flash-drive.html

  on which you copy the contents of a Windows 7 DVD...

• Can I install and use your Adobe products on a secondary hard drive?

  Hello, I have my operating system files and the program installed on a 128 GB SSD and I have a 1 to secondary HARD disk. I want to avoid filling this SSD as much as possible. Y at - it an option during the installation of your Adobe products (which?) to install and use in a drive and folder on the secondary drive?

  Simply choose a custom installation and choose another location to a folder on your secondary drive. just be aware that some components such as the activation system and other shared stuff will be always installed on C:\, whatever happens. You are lgoing stil to lose at least 1 GB on your SSD.

  Mylenium