Hi,

I am not a laptop user so please bear with me when I ask this question:  Is
it possible to install two hard drives internally into a Dell Inspiron 8200
laptop?  It seems like there would not be room for two hard drives that are
internal.

Mike
Mike

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Michael <please-ask-me@ask.com> wrote:
> Hi,

> I am not a laptop user so please bear with me when I ask this question:  I
s
> it possible to install two hard drives internally into a Dell Inspiron 820
0
> laptop?  It seems like there would not be room for two hard drives that ar
e
> internal.

I don't know about this particular model. Laptop HDDs, like
normal IDE HDDs can be two to a bus. The limiting factor is
usually space and fixtures. If either is missing you cannot
install two drived gracefully. It might be still possible
to install two drived with the right data cable and an open
case (i.e. one drive connected but not mounted mechanically.)

Arno

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Michael <please-ask-me@ask.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not a laptop user so please bear with me when I ask this question:  I
s
> it possible to install two hard drives internally into a Dell Inspiron 820
0
> laptop?  It seems like there would not be room for two hard drives that ar
e
> internal.
>
> Mike
> Mike

Depends on exactly what you mean by "internally". I have a Dell
latitude and there's no room to put in a second disk drive
permanently, but for a (significant) amount of money you can buy a
removable disk drive that plugs into the modular bay in place of the CD or
floppy drive.

Jerry

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With raid gaining popularity with the almost average PC user, I think we'll
be seeing 2 disk raid arrays in laptops before too long.

--Dan

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Michael <please-ask-me@ask.com> wrote:
 
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>
> Depends on exactly what you mean by "internally". I have a Dell
> latitude and there's no room to put in a second disk drive
> permanently, but for a (significant) amount of money you can buy a
> removable disk drive that plugs into the modular bay in place of the CD or
> floppy drive.
>
> Jerry

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Just like all those dual CPU laptops?

"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> With raid gaining popularity with the almost average PC user, I think we'l
l
> be seeing 2 disk raid arrays in laptops before too long.
>

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> Just like all those dual CPU laptops?
>
> "dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>


Woot..
I had a chuckle at his post
but yours was much better
:P

Granted
Dual core low power Athlon 64's

Not being a big HD guy (as many of you bastards here call me a troll, or at
least think it) 
Would it be possible for 2 drives to be inside one housing with the main
reason being so you can connect 2 sata connectors for raid 0 ?

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rstlne wrote:
> "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@graffiti.net> wrote in message
> news:cc2ffh023um@enews3.newsguy.com... 
>
>
> Woot..
> I had a chuckle at his post
> but yours was much better 
>
> Granted
> Dual core low power Athlon 64's
>
> Not being a big HD guy (as many of you bastards here call me a troll,
> or at least think it) 
> Would it be possible for 2 drives to be inside one housing with the
> main reason being so you can connect 2 sata connectors for raid 0 ?

Of course its technically possible, but it has an impact on a host of things
that are very important in a laptop such as:

Wieght
Power & Cooling
Size

Adding a second hard drive impacts all of these adversely.


--
Nik Simpson

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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 23:26:55 GMT, "dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote:

>With raid gaining popularity with the almost average PC user, I think we'll
>be seeing 2 disk raid arrays in laptops before too long.
>
>--Dan

What???  You smokin crack?

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Michael wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am not a laptop user so please bear with me when I ask this question:  I
s
> it possible to install two hard drives internally into a Dell Inspiron 820
0
> laptop?  It seems like there would not be room for two hard drives that ar
e
> internal.

You might add an external hard drive (PC card, USB, etc).  Even if there
is physical space for a second internal drive (doubtful), laptops run so
hot that the second drive would most likely cause things to overheat.

If you're running out of disk space, add an external drive or replace
the original hard drive with a larger model if one is available.

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In article <xuZEc.1001$8m6.292@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
Michael <please-ask-me@ask.com> wrote:
>
>it possible to install two hard drives internally into a Dell Inspiron 8200
>laptop?

I have a Toshiba 8100 in which I've replaced the DVD drive with a third-part
y
carrier which contains a second hard drive.  I have a CD drive in the expans
ion
bay, but obviously I don't have a CD drive when using the machine as as a tr
ue
portable.

I boot XP off the first drive, and FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT off the second drive.

The carrier came off eBay; it was made for an older Toshiba machine, but wor
ks
fine in the 8100.

I have no idea if this solution works on the Inspiron 8200.

Mike Squires
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