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    If you’ve never experienced the difficult task of installing a new hard disk; then this process of explanation should make this process much easier for even the not so novice computer people of today. The first important information to be taken into consideration is the purchase of buying the right hard disk for the computer system.

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    If you’ve never experienced the difficult task of installing a new hard disk; then this process of explanation should make this process much easier for even the not so novice computer people of today. The first important information to be taken into consideration is the purchase of buying the right hard disk for the computer system.

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    InstallingaHardDisk
    Ifyouveneverexperiencedthedifficulttaskofinstallinganewharddiskthenthisprocessof
    explanationshouldmakethisprocessmucheasierforeventhenotsonovicecomputerpeopleoftoday.The
    firstimportantinformationtobetakenintoconsiderationisthepurchaseofbuyingtherightharddiskfor
    thecomputersystem.Thereisavarietyofdifferentharddiskonthemarketavailableforpurchasetoday.If
    youarereplacingaharddiskthatcamewiththecomputerthatyoupurchasedthenIsuggestbuyingthe
    sametypeofharddiskthatcamewiththecomputerthatyoupurchased.Afteryouvemadethedecisionof
    whattypeofharddisktopurchase,thenyouarereadytobegintheprocessofinstallinganewharddisk.
    Thefirststepinthisprocessistopoweroffthesystemandunplugthepowersupplyfromtheback
    ofthecomputer.Next,Removethesidepanelofthecomputer,whichgivesyouaccesstotheinternal
    componentsofthecomputer.Afteryouveaccomplishedthistask,youarereadytounplugtheMolex
    cablesfromthebackoftheharddisk.TheMolexcableisanothernameforthepowersupplycablethatis
    plugintothebackofharddisk.Second,youshouldthenunplugthe40,or80pincableconductorfromthe
    backoftheharddisk.Thiscableisalsoknownastheintegrateddriveelectronics(IDE)interfacecable,the
    threeendsofthecablearelabeledasthemaster,slaveandsystem.Theonelabeledmasteristheendthat
    plugsintothebackoftheharddisk,theonelabeledslaveisforanothersmallcomputersysteminterface
    (SCSI)devicesuchasanotherharddiskandtheonelabeledsystemistheendthatplugsintothemother
    board.Onceallofthecablesareunplugfromtheharddiskthenyouarereadytoremovetheharddiskfrom
    thecomputercase.Youmustfirstremovethescrewsthatarekeepingtheharddisklockedinposition
    withinthecomputercase.Somecomputercasesmaydifferformothersandmayonlyrequiretheslideofa
    levertofreeupaharddiskfromthecomputercase.Nowyoucanremovetheharddiskfromthecomputer
    case.

    Thethirdstepinthisprocessistoactuallyremovetheharddiskandinsertthenewharddiskinto
    thecomputercase.Next,allyouhavetodoisreversetheorderasifyouwereremovingtheharddiskfrom
    thecomputer.Insertthescrewsorslidethelevertothelockedposition.Pluginthe40or80pinconductor
    cableintothebackoftheharddiskandplugtheMolexcablebackintothebackoftheharddisk.Alsoyou
    mayneedtocheckthejumpersettingsontheharddisk.Thejumpersettingsareusedtosettheharddisks
    settingstomasterslaveorcableselects(CSEL).Thiswillvarydependinguponwhetheryouareinstalling
    oneormoreharddiskwithinthecomputer.Thiscangiveyoutheabilityofinstallingtwooperating
    systems(OS)ononecomputeratatime.Someexperiencedcomputerpeoplelikehavingtheabilityof
    beingabletoworkwithtwooperatingsystemsatonetime.Soanotherwordsyoucouldhavetwodifferent
    versionsofWindowsinstalledatonetime.Thisisalsoknownasamultibootsystem.Nowthatyouve
    accomplishedconnectingallthecables,youmustinstallthesidepanelofthecomputersystempluginthe
    powercableandturnthepoweronagain.
    Finally,thesystembeginstobootupandthecomputergoesthroughabootupprocess.The
    computerwillrecognizethatthereisnooperatingsysteminstalled,youmustthenpreparetheharddiskfor
    theinstallationofthenewoperatingsystem.Theharddiskmustfirstbeformattedandpartitionedbefore
    installingtheoperatingsystem.Aftertheharddiskhasbeenformattedandportionedyoucanthenbeginto
    installtheoperatingsystem.NewoperatingsystemscanbeinstalleddirectlyfromaCDROM,butsome
    olderoperatingsystemsmustbeinstalledstartingwithabootupdisk.Inthiscaseletsinstalltheoperating
    systemfromaCDROM.InserttheCDROMintotheCDROMdriveandrestartthecomputer.Whenthe
    computerrebootsthecomputerwillrecognizethatthereisaCDROMinsertedintheCDROMdriveand
    willbegintheinstallationprocess.Next,justfollowtheonlyscreenstepstobegintheinstallationprocess
    oftheoperatingsystem.Afterthisprocessisfinishedyouwillneedtorebootthecomputerifthecomputer
    didntrebootitself.Ofcourseifallthestepswerepreformedproperlyandthedevicedriversinstalled
    automatically,thenyoujusthavecompletedasuccessfulharddiskinstallandacleanoperatingsystem
    installation.

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