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From: b-davis@utah-cs.UUCP (Brad Davis)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Multiple Hard Disks on the PC
Message-ID: <3560@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 11:15:34 EST
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In article <335@mmm.UUCP> igielski@mmm.UUCP (Tom Igielski) writes:
>If I have a PC/XT with a 10 MByte hard drive, can I add other (perhaps
>external) hard drives?  Does DOS treat these drives as 'D:', etc.
>If this is possible, what is the limit or any restrictions on doing this.

I once took an off the shelf 10 meg ST 506 type drive and added it to 
an XT with the following problems:

	Your power supply probably can't handle the start up current
		for both drives.  You might need another (or bigger)
		power supply.  You will need power cables.

	The cable is only long enough to place the other hard disk in
		place of the floppy.  The XT will NOT boot without the
		floppy.  I placed the floppy on top of the computer
		with a dust cover over it.  Its cables are just barely
		long enough.

The drive is D:.  You will need to do a real format (not the FORMAT 
command, the BIOS call), an FDISK run, and a FORMAT.

P.S.  The rule about data filling any available disk is true.

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			Brad Davis
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