Can the computer system see the drive if you add a second hard drive? I mean will it see all three drives?
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Its a laptop, where do you plan on putting another drive? If you're asking about an external drive, i.e. a USB HD, they yeah sure it will see it just fine.
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yes, i backed up my old desktop, my laptop and my new desktop. You do need to know what the file size for each item is and whether or not you have space to back them up as well as add in the future. I had a 2.0TB drive and my old files were 1.0 TB so i had space. when you plug in each device it should read which device is connected.
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Each drive shows up as usb1,2,3or4 according to which port you plug into. Each drive is accessible separately.
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You have to open the back and look at how the first drive is mounted. Make sure there are connection wires available and connect it the same way the other one is set up. If you have any difficulty, check with Gateway or a Computer geek shop in your area.EC
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You can keep your drives as is. There is no hardware RAID so it will read four drives independently.
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Yes I'm running two hard drives. If you want more it would have to be an external.
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Yes, but you may need to replace the hard drive cable to accommodate two drives.
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I know you can switch to use an external hard drive but the box only recognizes one hard drive at a time. Meaning if you use an external drive, it won't let you access the internal hard drive until the external is unplugged.
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It shows up as two physical drives 0 and 1 at 1 TB ea, further partitioned into 500 GB ea C-D-E-F. Haven't pulled it apart to see if in fact they are separate drives. 100% screaming machine but the drives are probably 75% screaming.
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My guess is it is a two HDD system, correct? If that is the case it is most likely set up as a mirror, raid 0 I believe.hth,Don
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Last i read it will suppourt 3 tb drives. Dont know if it will take 4 tb drives.
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Basic rule of thumb is that this will take up 2 slots. Exactly two. If you only have one Drive slot available, then no.
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Yes, You many need a drive cable if it doesn't come with the second hard Drive. There will be a power connector already there.
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You will see 4 drives provided they are blank. Sometimes the unit has trouble seeing drives that are formatted and have data on it. Once you have connectted, you can use Windows Disk storage to manage the drives. In Windows 8, you can also use Storage Spaces to turn into a single resilient.drive.
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It does work with only one drive. I have not add the second drive after using it over a year.
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Yes, two drives performing a redundant service. If one drive fails, all of your data is retained on the other. When the failed drive is replaced all data is again stored to both drives. This means there is only 2TB of storage.
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Yes. I have two drives plugged in and Windows 7 shows them as D: and E:. They both show up at the same time and can be read/written to concurrently.