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Adding a second hard drive to my new Inspiron 620
My old (2008) inspiron 530 died a few days ago. I believe the power supply or mother board went south. Anyway I bought a new inspiron 620 and would like to add my old hard drive to it. The old hard drive was a 500G western digital with windows vista. I have some information I would like to get off of it. Can I add the drive as a slave? I searched several sites including Dell but could not find any info. The new computer has a slot for an additional hard drive in it. Any help would be appreciated.
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May 8th, 2012 16:00
Saugeyejoe
Unfortunately Dell does not has any documentation for installing an additional hard drive in the Inspiron 620 available, but to install a second hard drive, you will need a set of rails, that are located inside the case
Maybe the discussion HERE can help.
Bev.
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May 8th, 2012 18:00
Saugeyejoe
The SATA cable from the Inspiron 530 should work fine, if it is long enought and has one end with a 90* connector.
Use the motherboard SATA 1 connector and after installing the hard drive, check the system setup, to see that the SATA port the drive is connected too, is enabled [on] and the hard drive is recognized.
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Bev.
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May 8th, 2012 18:00
Thanks shesagordie. The thread helped but still have a question or two. The old sata cable from the old computer will work? If so which slot do I plug it into? Do I have to set something up in bios? Thanks for your help.
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May 8th, 2012 18:00
Thanks. I'll give it a try in the morning........ I appreciate your help!
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May 8th, 2012 20:00
Saugeyejoe
:emotion-21:
Bev.
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May 10th, 2012 16:00
Thanks, everything worked fine. The 620 actually came with rails.......
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May 10th, 2012 16:00
Saugeyejoe
Pleased to hear that the installation went well.
Appreciate the heads up about the rails, was not certain if Dell included them inside the chassis.
Bev.