HOW TO INSTALL HARD DRIVE
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Install into Drive Bay. Hard Drives insert to the drive bay. Locate an available bay within the chassis and gently push the hard drive into the drive bay and lock the hard drive into place.
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Advantages of SATA Hard Drive
Installing a SATA Hard Drive is a very simple and straight forward task. Unlike IDE Hard Drives there are no jumpers to set and each drive connects to the motherboard using an individual SATA cable.
There are other advantages to using a SATA hard drive such as much faster data transfer and better performance. If your motherboard has a E-SATA port then you can even use a SATA hard drive externally.
How to Install Hard Drive
The first thing to do is choose an empty 3.5 inch hard drive bay. Position the drive so its ready to be inserted into the bay. Gently slide the hard drive into the bay as shown. Make sure the circuit side of the hard drive is facing down towards the bottom of the case. After that lock the hard drive into place using the lock slider or if your case does not have a lock mechanism you can just screw it into place.
We will connect the power sata cable later, now just connect SATA cable to SATA hard drive port. The connectors are like an L shape to only fit in one way so check the orientation to match the hard drive before pushing it into place. Finally attach the other end of the SATA cable to the motherboard.
