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adding more hard drives to pc

  • 14-08-2008 5:30pm
    #1
    hunter2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    hi alli have a compaq Presario SR1839UK with a 300gb hard drive which crashed on me :( i have just ordered new hard drive 3 Western Digital 2*500gb and 1*320gb my question is is it possible to add the 3 hard drives to this pc and if so do i need to buy more fans? pc specs found HEREthank you


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  • #2
    sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    Looks like you only have one 3.5" internal bay so you can only physically fit 1 hard drive in the case. It might be possible to mount a hard drive in the external 3.5" bays or 5.25" bays with an adaptor. It probably won't look to nice.


  • #3
    hunter2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭hunter2008


    sink wrote: »
    Looks like you only have one 3.5" internal bay so you can only physically fit 1 hard drive in the case. It might be possible to mount a hard drive in the external 3.5" bays or 5.25" bays with an adaptor. It probably won't look to nice.

    hi thanks for the reply would this work if i mount it under the hardrive that is on the pc? http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32146&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=hard%20disc%20mount&doy=14m8


  • #4
    sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    It might but i'm not familar with the inside of your pc so I don't know if there is enough space fit it, only way you'll know is to try.


  • #5
    hunter2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭hunter2008


    sink wrote: »
    It might but i'm not familar with the inside of your pc so I don't know if there is enough space fit it, only way you'll know is to try.

    ok i'll give it a try 2mo morning, would i have too add more fan's to the pc if it worked?


  • #6
    sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    You might need too, if you have the space you should. I've never had a hard drive fail due to overheating but it can increase the ambient temperature in your case and cause other components to fail.


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  • #7
    hunter2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭hunter2008


    sink wrote: »
    You might need too, if you have the space you should. I've never had a hard drive fail due to overheating but it can increase the ambient temperature in your case and cause other components to fail.

    ok thank you
    how would i get files off the crashed hard drive?


  • #8
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,162 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    You might have to send it off to a data recovery company but that would cost over a grand.


  • #9
    hunter2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭hunter2008


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    You might have to send it off to a data recovery company but that would cost over a grand.

    ouch is there no other way?


  • #10
    hunter2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭hunter2008


    how would i get my os back onto the replacement hard drive?


  • #11
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,269 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    hunter2008 wrote: »
    how would i get my os back onto the replacement hard drive?

    Erm... why didn't you send it back to Compaq for repair? Even if it cost a bit of cash they might have been able to recover your data at the same time. This happened to a mate of mine recently and the manufacturer managed to 100% recover his files from a dead hard drive.


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  • #12
    BKtje
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,093 ✭✭✭BKtje


    You might have to send it off to a data recovery company but that would cost over a grand.
    Company on aungier street in Dublin charge a lot less than that. "Back to the Future" i think they are called? Charge about 50 to take a look but can charge up to about 500 depending on how much work they need to do on it. Am told that they usualy just charge the 50 quid though.

    Think their number is 4757177 though not sure. Have never used them personally but have been told good things by others who have.


  • #13
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,269 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    B-K-DzR wrote: »
    Company on aungier street in Dublin charge a lot less than that. "Back to the Future" i think they are called? Charge about 50 to take a look but can charge up to about 500 depending on how much work they need to do on it. Am told that they usualy just charge the 50 quid though.

    Think their number is 4757177 though not sure. Have never used them personally but have been told good things by others who have.

    Aye they're not too bad, just don't use that small place on Parnell St. The name of the company Rhymes with Sultry Peck.

    Anyways the last repair that they did that I witness indirectly was a laptop dc connector repair (PSU would constantly fall out of the female end and would only power the laptop if jiggled about quite a bit).

    Now instead of soldering a new connetor onto the motherboard they completely ripped the thing out, soldered two copper wires to the board itself then had the connector on about 6 or 7 cms of copper wire all wrapped in electric insulation tape. Horrible repair job to be honest but my gob****e of a friend paid nearly €70 for the repair.


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