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September 17th, 2008 16:00

dimension E 520 and certain drives wont show up

​I'm having a problem when i tryed to add another hard drive. when i opened my E 520 the original hard drive was attached to drive C: and the combo drive was attached to drive E: also when i go to my computer it says cd drive in drive D: but there isnt a a cd drive there. so to add the second hard drive I removed the the combo drive from drive E: and put the second hard drive in its place. I then attached the combo drive to all of the other available drives but my computer is not detecting it. whats going on what should i do ?​

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September 17th, 2008 17:00

Windows determines and assigns drive letters and these will change when you add drives. You should get someone to help you or research this on the Internet. Start with Adding and Removing parts in your Dell manual. Your original drive is attached to SATA0 and the second drive should be attached to SATA1. You do not remove the cd drive. Here are the instructions in your Manual Look at the System Component diagram to determine where the drive connects to the motherboard.
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