So I built my new computer and everything is fine but I only put in the SSD. The ssd doesn't have much space and with a few games it's mostly full. To put in my hard drive does it just need to connect to power supply or motherboard too? I have so many cables as is and worried about them getting caught in fans
How to put in my hard drive?
- Thread starter Jarrett_1
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Hi there Jarrett_1,
As Scaramorey has already said, you need to attach the drive with SATA and power cables.
After that, in case the HDD is a new one, you need to initialize -> partition & format.
Yeah, you need to do some good cable management.
How to initialize a drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Nrjtvm
How to partition and format: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=bWK6c4
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
As Scaramorey has already said, you need to attach the drive with SATA and power cables.
After that, in case the HDD is a new one, you need to initialize -> partition & format.
Yeah, you need to do some good cable management.
How to initialize a drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Nrjtvm
How to partition and format: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=bWK6c4
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
Scaramorey
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A hard drive would need to be connected to motherboard and power supply via SATA cable and SATA power cable.
D_Know_WD
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Hi there Jarrett_1,
As Scaramorey has already said, you need to attach the drive with SATA and power cables.
After that, in case the HDD is a new one, you need to initialize -> partition & format.
Yeah, you need to do some good cable management.
How to initialize a drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Nrjtvm
How to partition and format: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=bWK6c4
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
As Scaramorey has already said, you need to attach the drive with SATA and power cables.
After that, in case the HDD is a new one, you need to initialize -> partition & format.
Yeah, you need to do some good cable management.
How to initialize a drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Nrjtvm
How to partition and format: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=bWK6c4
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
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