another hard disk

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hello
my sytem has a primary mas dvd burner and seagate 80 gb as prmary slave
and secondary master as cd burner and secondry slave as dvd drive and now i want to add one more hard disk drive plz help

What is your Motherboard ??

as seems that you have eaten up all the IDE connection ports !!!

^^looks like it

btw, go in fer a SATA disk dude if thats the case, i.e, if ur mobo supports it

You'd need an IDE expansion slot to affix more than the default.

Many solutions are available

1. if ur motherboard supports, go for SATA harddisk
2. if it does not then buy another PCI ide controller which u'll be able to use alongside the mcb's IDE controller
3. If not then u can buy an external USB hardisk
4. If u have to use internal hardisk then u can buy a USB to IDE cable..... u wont get these everywhere.... i got them at ebay.com
5. Lastly...... the simplest one.... sell off the cd burner and use the vacant ide port.....lol

hope that helps

nice one bikdel!! the best option seems to be the fifth one!(if u dont have sata)
but option 1, SATA(if u have one) would be better!
u realy dont need a seperate cd writer, along with a dvd burner!