Solve : Internal hard drive questions?

1.	Solve : Internal hard drive questions?
Answer» I have an older Compaq desktop - model #6016US. It has five bays that are currently filled as follows DVD/RW CD/RW 3.5" floppy DRIVE 60GB HDD 20GB HDD My question is can I take the floppy drive out and put another HDD in it? Would I use the same cable that the floppy is currently connected to? Thanks!A floppy cable only works on a floppy drive. Although you may have an open bay you are out of IDE CONNECTIONS on that machine with 4 devices. You can EITHER add a PCI controller card that will add 2 more IDE slots and/or check to see if your MBoard has any SATA connections...if it does you can add a SATA HDD.You can do as Patio said and it will work fine....just a SIDE note...I would backup the 20 gig drive than REPLACE it with a bigger drive and do a restore from the backup.

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