just shutdown your machine and power off. then connect your hard disk, it will be detect automatically. If you have external USB hard disk, then you can connect directly.. it will work on the fly <div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM, erwin <<a href="mailto:e.sluis@hccnet.nl">e.sluis@hccnet.nl</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> how to install an extra (internal) harddisk in a desktop ubuntu 9.04 amd64 erwin -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- அன்புடன் அருண் ------------------------------ <a href="http://ubuntu-tam.org">http://ubuntu-tam.org</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-l10n-tam">http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-l10n-tam</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-tam">http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-tam</a> ------------------------------