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peterglass
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May 29th, 2019 21:00
7010 MT, adding a second hard drive
I have an Optiplex 7010 Mini Tower that is running Windows 7Pro. I'd like to add a second hard drive (either hdd or ssd - it already has an hdd in it). I believe there's a second hard drive bay available. If so, do I need any other hardware to install the new hard drive? Also, I want to clone the new hard drive to the original hard drive. Can that be done with both hard drives inside the computer? Thanks.
SOGLAD5
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Posted May 30th, 2019 01:00
I didn't install my second SSD to a 7010, but one of my OPTIPLEX 9010 motherboards had a unused "SATA 2" Port but no spare power connection! I added a power splitter: "SATA Power 15-pin Y splitter cable adapter male to female for HDD hard drive".
Next I added a 7-pin "SATA male to male cable"... within a few minutes I was formatted, up and running!
Anthony