[JohnnyTechno09]

I have OS WinXP 2002 serv. pack 2 Home Edition. I also have 1 SATA drive and an IDE drive both connected. I have more empty master and slave "ports?" denoted on the 1st boot screen. I know I need a bigger power supply probably, but does XP allow 2+HDD's?

 

[etaf]

i have three HDD on my XP PC

so should not be a problem - mine are all IDE

whats the PSU wattage - and what else do you have connected

I have a 450W PSU and
floppy
DVDRW
MOBO
Three HDD
PCI scanner card
PCI TV card
Graphics card
PCI Modem card

 

[JohnWill]

I have three SATA drives and an IDE drive connected to this machine right now, and if I stuff a drive into the second drive drawer, I'd have five. So, I'd have to say yes. Figure 20 watts maximum for each additional hard disk.

 

[Noyb]

If you think you may have power supply or heat problems ..
Have you thought about using USB/Firewire external HD enclosures for you extra HDs ?

 

[DaveBurnett]

I have the capacity to use 6 IDE hard drives with a DVD reader and a DVD rewriter.
I usually have 4 drives and the optical drives attached.