Dual Hard Drives for Dummies

There are bazillions of people out there who think they're "computer-literate" because they know how to run office productivity software and Facebook plus surf the web a bit. They're no more "computer-literate" than the driver who's never bothered to learn where his/her spare tire is stored is allowed to claim he's a "car guy." On the computer-illiteracy front, take eHowian G. K. Bayne, who demonstrated her tenuous grip on true computer literacy in the article, "How to Use two Hard Drives on the Same Computer" at Techwalla.com. We'll ignore for now just how stupid the question actually is at its core. Bayne tells us not how to use two drives, but how to install a second drive – and, despite her first instruction:

"Decide in advance if you want the second hard drive to be used internally or externally..."

Adding a second hard drive to a laptop

...discusses only how to use an external hard drive. Subsequent instructions devolve to

• Plug in the second hard drive to either the USB or Serial Port 
• Use the second hard drive [like] a zip or flash drive... [A zip drive? really?]
• Set up regular backups.
• Store large media files such as videos and MP3’s on the second hard drive.

There's no further mention of an internal drive. Wonder why... could it be, perhaps, because serial Dumbass of the Day G. K. Bayne has never installed a second internal drive? That's why there's no mention whatsoever of opening the case, installing a second drive in a bay, plugging it into a SATA or IDE cable, and editing the BIOS to assign the C drive and designate an identifier for that second drive. Oh yes, here at the Antisocial Network, we've installed a second internal hard drive...

BTW, eHow, you blew your vaunted style on that one – the plural of MP3 is MP3s. No apostrophe necessary. Besides, you're supposed to say "digital music file"... Dumbasses. 

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