Two hard drives ?

[kevnH_]

Can you have two different hard drives in one pc without problems ?

 

[WildCard999]

Yes.

 

[kevnH_]

Yes.

can you have two different ones? yes or no

 

[reedo_43]

yes

 

[USAFRet]

Can you have two different hard drives in one pc without problems ?

Yes. My system, 5 drives:

 

[WildCard999]

Yes.

can you have two different ones? yes or no

Yes you can have different sized drivers for different manufactures.

 

[RolandJS]

I must be out in left field, because I would not be able to give a yes/no answer. To me, it depends upon what exactly is the manufacturer, model name, model number of the 2nd HD to be added. If the 2nd HD is an oldie, from a past era, possibly the new UEFI or new BIOS may not recognize the existing folder/file infrastructure of said 2nd HD.

 

[USAFRet]

I must be out in left field, because I would not be able to give a yes/no answer. To me, it depends upon what exactly is the manufacturer, model name, model number of the 2nd HD to be added. If the 2nd HD is an oldie, from a past era, possibly the new UEFI or new BIOS may not recognize the existing folder/file infrastructure of said 2nd HD.

SATA is SATA.
We are assuming here that the drives in question are less than 10 years old. So...SATA.
Plug it in. It will work.

Might it need to be reformatted? Possibly. But that does not negate the fact that it would 'work'.

 

[RolandJS]

USAFRet, you're right as rain! I was recalling my earlier IDE days, thanks for the gentle reminder that such do not apply to SATA days