Computer Hardware : How to Install a New Hard Drive on a PC
September 7th, 2010
To install a new hard drive on a PC, or personal computer, plug in the motherboard, take the same plug and put it into the hard drive, find the power cone and hook up a cable to it, and find a spot in the computer to place the hard drive. Screw in a new computer hard drive with help from a computer specialist in this free video on computer hardware.
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dont you have to plug anything into the part where the jumper is on IDE drive
Wait how do you set a master or a slave on a SATA
thanks man this was alot of help for me :)
what is the different between those? ( I mean the speed )
yah i did that pluged it in but every one says i need to reinstall windows can any one help is there any way ic an do that with out buying it like plugin bolth at the same time wud that help?
the computer has 4 of them? so then u can have up to 4 hard drives?
so on a sata harddisk, you dont need any master or slave?? :D
thank you for this post
i got 5 sata inputs^^^proud;)
I spent a whole day downloading drivers and looking for solutions to why my BIOS wouldn’t detect my hard drive and the WHOLE TIME I JUST NEEDED A SATA DATA CORD!!!! TY SO MUCH!
Can someone please tell the importance of MS or Access Time and what i should look for when buying a new hard drive please? Thanks.
This was a big help for me, thanks!
so how much is that drive?…
and how many GB is that?….
this is alot easier than installing a video card right?
@sarjhon No installing a video card is cake, HDDs are more difficult because you still have to install the OS on it. unless its just a slave in which case you would just want to format it
@sarjhon Yea I just installed a new video card and it was really really simple.
after you have installed a new harddrive dont you have to install the operating system
i have a old laptop and i think its hardrive had a physical crash because it says missing system config file and it was making a really loud drilling noise then a day later it was silent and it has a weird port with tons of pins that only connects to one slot on its connection port, do you know where i can buy a hardrive?
and also how to format it?
@1zacster just go on amazon or newegg. newegg is best for computer hardware because it has comprehensive reviews. make sure you know what kind of interface your hdd is.
you put the sata drive in the wrong way
Hey Im having a problem, i have just changed power supplies (fan stopped on old one) after installing, and cabling up, my pc powers up to only the first screen (not windows screen) and hangs, it seems my drive isnt recognised :/ all cables are in order, but i cant even get into bios to set it as i cant get the far into the boot, any ideas?
my motherboard is an Asrock sata2 4coreduo, IDE drives, jeanspeed 405W power supply.
Its driving me crazy , anyone help?