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Dell Optiplex 755 Adding second hard drive
I have a Dell Optiplex 755 and I'd like to add a second hard drive ( 160GB 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Western Digital WD1600AAJS) to have more space available since I think the stock 75GB isn't enough for me. So I'm wondering if I need a new power supply or additional data and/or power cables.
Thank you.
Skybird
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June 8th, 2012 08:00
The Mini-Tower has two positions for hard drives. See Manual ........
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The two hard drives positions are one next to each other.
Yes, you will need to supply a SATA cable
osprey4
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June 7th, 2012 17:00
Hi Lettuceprayy,
You need a data cable. That's about it.
I'm really surprised your system came with only a 75GB drive. Are you sure that's right? Seems tiny.
DELL-Aashish S
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June 7th, 2012 19:00
Hi lettuceprayy,
Welcome to the Community
Please let us know what type of chassis you have, as this system model use to come with 4 different chassis type and of those 4, 2 of them have “Two 3.5-inch hard drive bays” and other 2 have “One 3.5-inch hard drive bay”.
If you have two 3.5-inch hard drive bays then you will only need a data cable and an additional power connector should be there on your computer.
Always glad to help.
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lettuceprayy
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June 7th, 2012 21:00
I have a mini-tower chassis. Is it one with the two hard drive bays? If it is, do I need a SATA data cable?
osprey4
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June 8th, 2012 09:00
Just hard to believe the original drive is 75GB. Haven't had a drive that small since my Dimension 4100.
lettuceprayy
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June 8th, 2012 09:00
Thanks so much,
I assume my hard drive was sold as an 80GB HD but HD manufacturers treat a GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes and not as the actual value 1,073,741,824, so we don't get the full capacity. :[
osprey4
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June 8th, 2012 16:00
Glad to help.
You're correct, but that's still a very small drive. For example, you would have no trouble finding a 1TB SATA drive for well under $100.
DELL-Aashish S
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June 8th, 2012 20:00
Yes, Mini- tower has two hard drive bays available and you will only a SATA data cable to connect a new hard drive.
Please reply for any further assitance
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CoastalData
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July 20th, 2013 15:00
Hello, anybody still watching this thread?
I just looked inside a 755 to add a second drive, and there does not seem to be a spare POWER connector for it, even though there is clearly room for the second drive, and an empty SATA connector on the MOBO.
Am I missing something?
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CarlosAMedinaS
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May 5th, 2020 19:00
I put a 2,5" Hard Drive connected to a 5v source cable that was without use i cut it and connect a sata power adapter to it and obviously i used the SATA data cable of the DVD unit (The Dell Optiplex 755 SFF ony have two SATA ports and 1 eSATA), with all that done my PC have one (1) 3,5" Hard Drive of 1 TB and one (1) of 2,5 Hard Drive of 350 GB (laptop hard drive) over the 3,5 HDD (perpendicular to it).
The PC is just working awesome.