After college I got so busy and didn't really have the time to transfer the files in my floppies to somewhere else, like a CD or some PC hard disk folder. So when I did get the time to check out my old files (because I needed some file) I discovered most of them needed to be formatted already! And I really hated it!

I even worried and panicked a bit because I'd lose all the files I had in them. I really had to get the files back without formatting them. So I still kept them in a box while I thought of how I could recover them (or even fix them!). It took me weeks & months to realize maybe there was some program/software that recovers old files from floppy disks. And so, to recover all those files, I decided to search the web for floppy file recovery programs just so I could somehow salvage or get the files I couldn't access anymore.

After searching and sifting through a lot of programs, I tried out several of them and finally found one that seemed okay. When I finally got the time to concentrate on recovering my files from those floppies I realized it's really such a hassle because:

• I had to run a virus scan on the diskettes before I run the software for file recovery.
• Even though I don't think doing that has a point, since most of them aren't accessible anymore so why bother with the virus scan eh, but then again it's better to be safe than sorry.
• The diskettes took quite a bit of time to respond to the program and it was making machine noises all the while. It took me half a day to finish I don't know how many diskettes but they were a lot!
• And then I realized after I finished them that I'd have to reorganize the folders they're in so I can get rid of the useless files and then arrange them for burning. Ah but CDs or DVDs aren't safe either eh? But at least they can last longer than diskettes before they get corrupted or something.

Anyway, it's really great that there are softwares that do file recovery, otherwise I'd have wasted all of those old files I had.

Sadly I had around 10 diskettes that didn't respond to the file recovery program I used, but at least I got a lot of my old files back so now I feel quite happy and content.

But still, it's such a hassle... *sigh* And I still haven't reorganized the files until now.

If you want to install more than two IDE devices, get a second IDE cable and you can add two more devices to the secondary IDE channel.

IDE devices have jumpers or switches that are used to set the IDE devices as Master or Slave. Please, refer to your IDE device Manual. As you are installing two IDE devices on one cable, ensure that one device is set to Master and the other to Slave.

Installing a Hard-Disk Drive:

Steps in installing the hard disk drive:

1. Fix in your hardware (hard disk drive) into the drive cage in Fix in your hardware (hard disk drive) into the drive cage in your system case. Make sure that, it is position well in the case and tighten well.
2. Plug the IDE cable into IDE1 in the main board. (Note: Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connectors. If the connector is not keyed, make sure that you match the pin-1 side of the cable connector with the pin-1 side of the device connector. Each connector has the pin-1 side clearly marked).
3. Plug an IDE cable connector into the hard disk drive IDE connector. It doesn't matter which connector on the cable you use.
4. Plug a power cable from the case power supply into the power connector on the hard disk. You have finished installing your hardware (hard disk drive).

Your hardware is done to be use (Hard Disk Drive).

When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect your hard disk drive. If it doesn't, enter the setup utility and use the IDE HDD Auto detect feature to configure the hard disk drive you have installed.