Running out of storage? Wanna upgrade to something better and faster?
Then it might be time to buy a new SSD or HDD. Its easy to buy them but to install them in your pc can be a headache for some people so I'm gonna show you how to do it!
First decide on what you want a HDD or an SSD
For more info on SSDs and HDDs read one of my previous posts
http://neptunecustomsystems.blogspot.in/2012/08/what-are-ssds-ssd-vs-hdd.html
Also note that SATA standards are backwards compatible so a SATA 3 drive will work in a SATA 1 slot however its speed will be affected.
Now lets assume that you have got yourself a new HDD/SSD from a good manufacturer (WD,Seagate,Samsung,OCZ,Intel,Crucial etc) and you are ready to install it into your system
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Take the SSD/HDD out of the packaging and check if it came with a SATA cable or not. If it does not contain a SATA cable you can still use your old HDD/SSD's cable provided your PC is relatively new and has SATA and not IDE or PATA. Alternatively you can also buy a SATA cable for cheap.
NOTE: When unboxing a HDD do not to shake it around too much as it contains some fragile moving parts!
Step 2: Open up the side panel of your PC and locate the existing HDD. It should have 2 cables attached to it. One of them is power and the other is data.
It should look something like this:
Step 3: If you are going to replace the old HDD then just remove the cables from your old HDD and remove it by unscrewing it from the HDD cage.Once done,just screw in your new HDD/SSD and then reconnect the same cables.
If you are adding a new SSD/HDD without removing the old one screw in your new device into an empty slot and then locate a SATA power cable coming out of your power supply unit and connect it to the drive and then connect one end of the SATA data cable to the HDD and the other to the headers on the motherboard. Don't worry about putting in the wrong cable as each cable can only go into a specific slot
A SATA power cable looks like this:
A SATA data cable looks like this:
Motherboard SATA connectors:
Once you have done that then just close up your pc case and boot it up. If you have replace your HDD you will need to reinstall windows. If you have added an extra drive then windows should automatically detect it.
Thank you for reading this guide.If you have any questions feel free to message my or email me at jaideeptw@yahoo.com
Then it might be time to buy a new SSD or HDD. Its easy to buy them but to install them in your pc can be a headache for some people so I'm gonna show you how to do it!
First decide on what you want a HDD or an SSD
For more info on SSDs and HDDs read one of my previous posts
http://neptunecustomsystems.blogspot.in/2012/08/what-are-ssds-ssd-vs-hdd.html
Also note that SATA standards are backwards compatible so a SATA 3 drive will work in a SATA 1 slot however its speed will be affected.
Now lets assume that you have got yourself a new HDD/SSD from a good manufacturer (WD,Seagate,Samsung,OCZ,Intel,Crucial etc) and you are ready to install it into your system
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Take the SSD/HDD out of the packaging and check if it came with a SATA cable or not. If it does not contain a SATA cable you can still use your old HDD/SSD's cable provided your PC is relatively new and has SATA and not IDE or PATA. Alternatively you can also buy a SATA cable for cheap.
NOTE: When unboxing a HDD do not to shake it around too much as it contains some fragile moving parts!
Step 2: Open up the side panel of your PC and locate the existing HDD. It should have 2 cables attached to it. One of them is power and the other is data.
It should look something like this:
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| The thicker red cable is the data or SATA cable and the other one is the SATA power cable |
Step 3: If you are going to replace the old HDD then just remove the cables from your old HDD and remove it by unscrewing it from the HDD cage.Once done,just screw in your new HDD/SSD and then reconnect the same cables.
If you are adding a new SSD/HDD without removing the old one screw in your new device into an empty slot and then locate a SATA power cable coming out of your power supply unit and connect it to the drive and then connect one end of the SATA data cable to the HDD and the other to the headers on the motherboard. Don't worry about putting in the wrong cable as each cable can only go into a specific slot
A SATA power cable looks like this:
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| A SATA power cable |
A SATA data cable looks like this:
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| A SATA data cable |
Once you have done that then just close up your pc case and boot it up. If you have replace your HDD you will need to reinstall windows. If you have added an extra drive then windows should automatically detect it.
Thank you for reading this guide.If you have any questions feel free to message my or email me at jaideeptw@yahoo.com
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