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Installing Hard Drive

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mmosier

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Is there a top or bottom to a HD? Should one side be facing up? What about a twist in the IDE cable. It seems everytime I install a CD-Rom or a new hard drive the IDE cable barely reaches.
 
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you could always but longer ide cables, or even rounded ide cables!
 
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I always install drives with the label facing up. There could be a twist, in the cable, between the connector on the MB and the connector to the first drive. But it shouldn't be twisted between the two drives.
 
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Manufacturer specifies mounting positions. See the web site. Ed Fair
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