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November 21st, 2016 13:00
Problem installing a second hard drive on a Dell Dimension 9200
Recently purchased a Western Digital hard drive to have a backup OS, as I try to upgrade from from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7, and want a backup if something goes wrong.
The service manual states that drive it should installed on SATA1, however SATA1 is occupied by the wire from the DVD/CD-ROM drive.
Tried Chat, but no response!after two hours!
Any help would be appreciated.
Ron
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November 21st, 2016 21:00
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Ron,
You can conect the adititional SATA hard drive to any open SATA port on the motherboard.
After the drive is installed, enter the system setup [BIOS] and check that the SATA port drive is set "Auto" [on] and the drive is recognized.
For windows to recognize it, you will need to partition, format the drive and assign it a drive letter using Disk Management.
The Dimension 9200 service manual is Here:
http://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dimension_desktops/dimension-9200_service%20manual_en-us.pdf
Bev.