This is one of the best "How To's " I have ever watched! You don't stammer and "uh." You don't fill it with random thoughts and philosophy. It is straight forward and informative.

@Stringsculptor

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Brown check how to basic out his reviews are also really honest

@pinroshan020

2 жыл бұрын

Informative but quite boring

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

So you're saying you weren't entertained?

The most complete tutorial I've ever watched. Thanks.

Excellent video. All youtube tutorial videos should be done this well. Clear instructions and examples, sensibly narrated.

Best voice clarity and explanation of what you are doing. This helped me a lot! thank you

Thank you for making these instructions easy to understand. I am planning to put a 1TB in the CD Drive as I don't use this anymore. I have a DELL Latitude E6440 with a docking station that I love but didn't know instead of changing the current 240 SSD it has I can just add an additional drive to save all games, movies, videos and pictures.

Nice, particularly the 'part 2' on the moving of the personal files. Thanks.

An excellent tutorial video on how to add a 2nd HDD to your laptop after installing an SSD to your C Drive. It gives you excellent instructions on how to set up and use the replaced HDD as a 2nd drive for storage of your Windows files. He shows you how to move your C drive windows files over and get rid of the windows file, plus how to use "Unlocker" Prog to do it. Overall a very comprehensive set of instructions. Thank so much.

Thank you so much for this very informative video.you have a knack for providing the right information, at the right time, with the right Tempo. Thank you again, I've just subscribed.

Very good and thorough tutorial, thank you for uploading this!

Very useful information "after" the hw instllation. There are few people who actually do a post installation tutorial. Ty.

I really like this. Your example was better than I've seen from other channels and really appreciate the information you shared. I also downloaded Unlocker onto a flash thumb in both 32bit and 64bit formats for a few other laptop & other PC units I may come into contact with.

TMBN Master Michael Cooper has put together a video tutorial that I can only but call brilliant and comprehensive. Not only have you answered the problem of adding a permanent mobile drive to a laptop, you have also added sufficient setup and config info. And on the commercial side, the links to the various vendors of the Caddy are included. This video is awesome.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Aw-Shucks

THANKS FOR THE POST......I ENJOYED THE METHODIC AND CLEAR EXPLANATIONS AFTER THE INSTALL OF THE HD AND THANKS FOR REPEATING IT SEVERAL TIMES. THE DISPLAY WAS A LITTLE SMALL FOR MY OLD EYES HOWEVER THE CONTENT WAS "EXCELENT"

Thanks for an excellent video, great calm delivery and diction....and NO THUMPING IRRITATING sounds!! Other KZreadrs could learn a lot from this!! :)

Fantastic video . Insanely informative .

Very nice video with crisp and clear explanation about SSD with HDD (for both New drive and drive existing from another system with OS). Thank you so much.. This explanation only I excepted. Thanks a lot again.

2020. This is exactly what I needed. I am going to install a firecuda 2t into my Asus laptop which already has a ssd.

Great video with very clear instructions! Excellent... Thanks!

This Was An Awesome Video.. Very Helpful, & Informative As Well.. I Like How You Explain Everything.. You Sir Have A New Subscriber Now Too.. Thank You Once Again.. *{MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU, - ALWAYS}..

A really great video. Has everything you need to know and is to the point.

Very Good tutorial. Totally agree with Jim Brown. Thanks to take time to record your work. In the future I will check for Michael Cooper's tutorial before beginning my experiments.

Great video Dude. The setting up the spare drive digitally and file transfers and assigning was a bonus and really helped

exactly the info on installing a blank hard drive I was looking for thank you

Very detailed explanation

Thank you senor! Just upgraded my Drive to 4TB!! And your video helped me move everything with ease. You explained everything thoroughly!

I agree with Holy Summon your finalizing comments really made the difference. Thumbs up for you!

This Was An Awesome Video.. Very Helpful, & Informative As Well.. I Like How You Explain Everything.. You Sir Have A New Subscriber Now Too.. Thank You Once Again.

Thanks for another good video!

Many thanks, very informative ! Thumbs Up !

Well done, I haven't tried this yet, but after your clear tutorial video I will. By the way I love your laptop speed :)

Very clear Information. Thank you so much !

Thanks for this video. This is exactly what i needed.

Excellent job!!!!

That was incredibly useful, thank you.

cool video. Thanks a lot bro!!

POST Hardware installation info was absolutely the BEST! thank you Michael...No B S Just the facts..

Thanks bro, you are a great teacher!

This was a very helpful video. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.

you are a lifesaver. direct, specific, clean and precise. you should have been a brain surgeon. thank you

The top tip for me was to measure the CD drive depth. I almost ordered the wrong size from Amazon. I also ordered a slim optical drive usb caddy for the old CD drive. I may never need it but just incase 🙄

thank you man you did an awsome job every how to video should be like this your a great teacher

Very useful and well explained. Excellent ..................

Thank you !

Thank you really , your explanation is clear🤗

thank a lot very good explained.

Very clever... a+ for info

A very nice expalanation. Tq.

that k you for the great video tutorial. easy to follow and i learned a few things! now i want to do the same! subscribing!

Exactly what I needed. Thanks man!

A+ information. Thanks.

Good video. You need to relocate your swap file, if you use one (I do not), to the mechanical drive You also should direct your Temporary files to your mechanical drive also. This will greatly reduce the write cycles to the SSD. Use Macrium Reflect to image your SSD to an image file on your mechanical drive. These steps will increase the lifespan of your SSD greatly. Unlocker is a great little program. :)

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Solid recommendations. Thanks.

@dragunovbushcraft152

6 жыл бұрын

Yer welcome. :)

Amazing video...awesome stuff

I accidentally ordered the 9” instead of the 12” witch is the one I need. Can I still use it???? I can’t cancel order

muy bien explicado, información muy valiosa , gracias., very well explained, very valuable information, thanks

hey bro thank you for this great video! Is the caddy hdd overheating somehow (as it is quite far from the fan)

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Mat C Hard drives in laptops are not affected by the fans. They are put in enclosures with no airflow and they're designed to work that way.

Thanks videó.

Thank you VERY MUCH

how much space can support 2nd hard drive ?

very good

Excellent tutorial video. Thank you very much. This is my first attempt playing with computer drives so I will need all the help that I can get. I am putting a new SSD into an older Acer laptop C drive but I would like to pull a HDD from a Dell laptop that just died and use it as a secondary storage in the Acer optical drive. The HDD from the Dell is half full and I want to be able to keep all the documents, downloads, pictures, and videos etc. If I move the empty folders from the SSD to the HDD, do they just merge? Or can I just delete the blank folders on the SSD drive and the future files will be saved in the secondary drive automatically?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

I think to do that right it would be more of a multi-stage process. What I would recommend is moving the files off of the hard drive from the old Dell system to a external hard drive. Then I would format the partition on the old Dell drive. At about 17 minutes into this video it shows how to redirect the music, download, Etc folders to the secondary hard drive. Once that set up then you can reconnect the external hard drive with your files and copy them to those folders.

@Sourdoughgirl

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The reason I thought I could just moved the files over because your secondary drive was also used, I assumed you had those old files there too. So far, the SSD is not working in the Acer. I got the PXE-E61 error asking me to check cable. I have disconnected and reconnected the SSD multiple times, replaced the cell battery, but nothing seemed to work. Put the old HDD back, everything worked again. I put the SSD into the optical drive, it showed up as a secondary drive just fine. The SSD is much lighter than the original HDD, but that still doesn't explain the loose connection. Weird.

As usual, your tutorials are precise, clear and easy to follow Michael and Thanks for that. I have just replaced my HDD with SSD 500GB to use it as normal 'C' drive on my Win7 laptop. Following your tutorial old HDD I put in Caddy as second drive 'D'. However I don't want HHD 'D' (in caddy) to spin all the time instead go on standby when not being accesssed/used. Can that be done? Thanks in advance for your answer.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

That may be an option. It depends on the computer whether or not it's available. Go into the control panel and advanced power settings. If there is an option to put the hard drive sleep it would be there.

@syedi7324

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply, In advanced power settings it says about just one Hard Drive that probably meant for Primary drive. Nothing about secondary one. Any way Thanks for the help. I asked the same question to the Caddy supplier, their answer got mixed up when they used their Chinese-English translator !!!

Thanks! That was very educational. Now I know what to do with my spare laptop HDD that's just hanging around.

Michael Thanks for the detailed info for adding 2nd hard drive to Laptop. I have a query can I connect external hard drive to my laptop using the cable SATA USB ? Bhasker Raj Bangalore India

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can.

Very Good learned something new!

My Lenovo B50-70 can detect both the SSD & HDD in Caddy in bios but only shows the SSD. Many technicians couldn't figure out the solution. The issue is still pending :(

Hi Michael , Great Tutorial Video!!!! Can i use the SATA 2.5" SSD store in an external enclosure and connect to the laptop by USB3.0 cable as a second drive?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

You can but the speed would be lower and you wouldn't get the advantage of the ssd being your main drive.

@averagetraveller

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Hi Michael, Thanks for getting back to me so promptly. Really appreciated! Cheers!!!!!

Hi Michael, great tutorial. Question - replaced my HDD to SSD. Cloning done, etc. and works well. Put the HDD into an enclosure making it a portable HDD. However, when plugging the now portable HDD, the laptop isn't reading/detecting it. But my other laptop does. Eliminated other variables - malfunctioning enclosure, cables, etc... they are all fine. Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Try one of the other USB ports. It's possible it is detecting it but not giving it a drive letter so it doesnt show up. Try right clicking on the start button and going to Disk Management. See if it shows up there.

Hi, Is it possible to boot from both the 'new windows 10' on SSD & 'old windows 8.1' on the HDD in the caddy instead of the DVD? please guide

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

I believe that's possible but I'm not sure how to do it. Do a Google search for Windows dual-boot and you should find some answers.

Hey Michael, instead of using unlocker thing can we just format the Used HDD (to remove the old system files) while it is on the DVD Caddy bay?? Also can we format the old HDD partitions separately (if it have any)?? Plz reply..

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Yes on both. The unlocked is useful if you need to keep the files and remove the Windows install.

Nice screwdrivers. Where can I get them?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that question. I added links to them in the description of this video. If you're refresh the website or close the video and reopen it on another device you should see links in the description.

My Dell laptop has a very slim optical drive than most laptops. Check the height of your existing drive bay before ordering.

Hi Michale, thanks for the very helpful video, I had a question I'm hoping you can help me with: I want to upgrade my laptop (Dell G3 Gaming Laptop) hard drive. It came with a 512 GB SSD which is currently installed and I just bought the 970 Evo Plus 2 TB which is considerably faster The motherboard has slots for two SSDs, so I could either: A) Keep my existing 512 GB installed and ADD the 2 TB drive in the second slot and install the games on the 2 TB HD, OR B) Clone my 512 GB to my new 2 TB drive and then swap them out I want the fastest load times for games. My guess is that if I did A, my boot load times would remain the same (since the OS is installed on the 512 GB SSD, but since the games are installed on the 2 TB hard drive, the games would load faster Vs doing B, which would speed up both the OS loading time as well as the game loading time since everything is now on the 2 TB (much faster) SSD. Am I right? Or would doing either give me the same gaming performance (remember games are installed on the 2 TB SSD in either case). Thanks!

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Games load faster from a ssd compared to a hdd but once in a level you won't see a difference.

I want to know if and how i can install windows on the 2nd ssd in caddy and run my laptop windows in that 2nd ssd in caddy, and i also want to keep my original windows that's installed in the hdd. Can you make a video on this? i wish to have boot option for selecting which drive i want to run (on laptop). thanks

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if that's possible to boot windows from the DVD drive caddy. I imagine it is but it just be something you'd have to try.

Most of DVD are connected by SATA I , so it means it will choke the ssd speed. Is that right?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

The DVD drives themselves may be SATA I but the controller should be sata II or sata IIi so the hard drive speed isn't slowed.

Caddy working 99% here (my laptop Sony Vaio VPCEB15FX). If i copy a document, image or mp3 files to caddy, it works ok, but not if i copy large files (videos)to it. If i copy large files, the Windows Explorer freezes.

can you tell me your msi laptop medel

used the same way to clean up old c derive after every thing is cleaned there is 18GB on it still but when open the files there is about 900MB worth of files ,,, is that something i should worry about (127gb free of 145 gb) there nearly no folder or anything at all on it

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Windows can take that much. You're done.

Hey man, I just installed the caddy, and I would like to boot the windows of my old HD, that´s in the caddy.. How can I do this?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried that, probably. Go into the BIOS and change the boot option that hard drive first. Alternatively you could swap this drive into the other spot. It may not complete the boot though. Moving a copy of Windows to a new computer doesn't always work. If it doesn't in the BIOS try changing the control from AHCI to IDE or from secure boot to legacy.

@HKey_Root

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Odd thing is, I have cloned OS drives a few times now and they have *always* booted fine in new builds or major upgrades after on the first boot, Windows pausing a minute or two, presumably to install any new drivers, then running flawlessly. (Since windows 8.1. XP no chance lol. Some software need keys re-entering).

is this drain your battery faster and is there any heat issues?

@LoneTaurus82

5 жыл бұрын

Does seem like a cool upgrade but not practical in everyday use. The main benefit of a SSD for a laptop besides the performance boost is less drain on battery.

@jimsnellen6222

5 жыл бұрын

Shiddhant Hawlader p

Thank you for your video. I have recently put a 125G SSD into my laptop but it's already running out of space. I reformatted an old HDD and can use it in the optical bay for additional storage. Will it be possible to relocate the user folders (mine & public) and the programs files folders (there are two of them) to the secondary drive by changing the drive location? Do I have to create a new user account in order to move the user folder over? I have seen other KZreadrs did the copy-and-paste resulting in many complaints about computers getting messed up. That's a scary thought. If it's possible I would like to keep just windows and a small photo editor on the SSD, the rest can go to the HDD. Is it doable?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Watch the video from about the 17-minute mark. It shows the process of moving the files to the hard drive. To move programs from the SSD to the hard drive what you have to do is uninstall the program and then reinstall it onto the hard drive. Whenever you start installing a program one of the first choices it gives you is where to put the program. Essentially what you do is change it from C drive in the program files folder to the D drive in the program files folder.

@alicepearce4597

5 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Thank you for your prompt reply. Could you explain a bit more on the uninstalling-reinstalling process? I have only seen videos on moving the programs files (x86) from one drive to another (most said it didn't work), but not on uninstalling/reinstalling them. If you have a link where I can learn how to do it I would very much appreciate it.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@alicepearce4597 Just moving the program files almost never works. On Windows 10 if you click the start button go to settings there's a apps option there with a list of the programs that are installed. To uninstall any one of them you should click it and then choose uninstall. To reinstall a program you either download it from a website or put a disc in and run the installer. One of the first options during the install wizard will be you where to install it. Most of the time of default will be the c drive and the program files folder. You literally just change C to D or whatever Drive letter your second Drive is.

@alicepearce4597

5 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Oh I see you mean uninstalling them one at a time. I thought I could use a program to back the entire folder up then reinstall everything together. Got it. Thanks again.

is any hard disk caddy fine with the ASUS k455l? or any laptop in this matter?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Most likely the thinner version of the caddy will fit.

So how its doing? Still working great?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

I sold this laptop sometime ago. I assume it's still working. I haven't heard different from the client.

dear sir I am facing 1 problem my desktop w10 using, I connect the external hard disk but not showing, any setting plz segues.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Try the external drive on another computer. It doesn't work either then most likely its either a software problem which is still fixable or I am broken hardware problem which is still fixable but a lot more expensive.

How do you format the HDD? So I wouldn’t have to add the explorer extension? Could it be done through disk manager?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

To format the drive you just need to find it in the file explorer right click on it and go to format. Disk manager has more to do with partitions.

@TheFamedwarrior72

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Cooper ok. If I understood correctly, the hdd that I replaced with a cloned sdd, i can install in the dvd drive via caddy (great video btw) and i should be able to find it and format it with explorer. Then I can move the desktop, documents etc to the hdd.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFamedwarrior72 Sounds like you got it right.

@TheFamedwarrior72

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Cooper bummer. I swapped out dvd drive with the hdd. I turned on the laptop but it only turned on for a second, made a chirping sound, and died. I thought i kept touching metal to rid static but maybe i shorted out the laptop. Almost

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFamedwarrior72 I computer turning off almost immediately with the chirp sound means there is a short somewhere. Take it apart and put it together more carefully.

can you please send me any video links on how to move my OS from hdd to ssd..

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

This is one of mine. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq2Z0buHnZSsgM4.html

@syedi7324

5 жыл бұрын

SSD manufacturer usually supply the software utility to clone the SSD directly from the computer that would be later furnished with this SSD. I downloaded Samsung "Data Migration" utility to clone my new Samsung SSD. Very easy, straight forward procedure to clone SSD.

Was the performance of the added drive affected by being installed at where a CD/DVD normally goes?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

John D II No because it uses the same type of controller on the motherboard.

@johndii2194

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the answer. That is what I thought.

I got an old HP DV6580ee laptop. I replaced the DVD with as 12.7mm IDE to SATA caddy containing SSD. The DVD and caddy have the same size with the same IDE interface. The caddy is not detected. What to do now ?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

2 ай бұрын

If the drive is new you need to go into disk management initialize it and put a partition on it. Do a Google search for your version of Windows and "disk management add new drive" and you should find some good instructions either on a site or a video.

@HA-yu8bd

2 ай бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Thanks for your response. The Disk does not show up in disk management console neither in device management.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

2 ай бұрын

​@@HA-yu8bdDid the DVD drive in the laptop work before you removed it? How sure are you you have the correct drive caddy? Are you sure the drive you're trying to put in that caddy actually works just regularly in another computer?

Good Day Michael. My boot drive is now a Samsung 500GB SSD. I bought a caddy much like the one in your video for my ASUS TP550LA to hold the old sata drive at 750GB for secondary storage and installed it in the optcal drive bay. The SSD is working fine as the boot drive with a fresh install of windows 10, but I cannot get the laptop to detect the old SATA drive in the optical drive bay. Cannot see it in the BIOS or in Disk Management in Windows. What could the problem be?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

What I would do in that case is take the hard drive outside of the optical drive bay and it's caddy and then put it back in. Basically just reseat everything. If it still doesn't work I would take the drive out and plug it into another computer to see if the drive is still functioning.

@cwsrad

5 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Thanks. Tried that and still didn't work. The drive works because I removed it and used a SATA to USB cable and I was able to access the drive over USB.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@cwsrad maybe the caddy is faulty

@cwsrad

5 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Could be defective. Hardly worth the effort to continue to troubleshoot.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@cwsrad I would say it's worth the effort if you want a hard drive in your laptop. Just return the caddy and get another one. A different brand for sure just in case it's some kind of weird compatibility problem between the caddy the drive and laptop.

Please help me, why after i put my hdd on my caddy hdd and then instert it on my laptop, why my booting process is longer than before, and my second hdd is not detected

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Going to Disk Management and see if the drive is detected there and whether or not it has a partition on it.

If i remove the HDD and put that in the dvd place by caddy and put the SSD in the the HDD's place, Can the laptop's motherboard be damaged in the long run?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Doing this won't hurt the motherboard or anything else

Mine won't detect. Does it need a 5V power connector? It is a WD10JPCX-24UE4T0. Along with connector I am noticing a four pin power connector on the drive

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

The drive caddy will provide power and data connections. Make sure the hard drive is well seated into the caddy and that the caddy is all the way pushed into the DVD drive slot. if you go to Device Manager it should show up. From there you go into to Disk Management. This is shown in the video.

@supersmart671

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy I think mine is not seating properly with the on board connector on the laptop. Later when I try to put back the DVD drive. The laptop would not boot. I had to take apart the Laptop. Remove one of the screws that was connected to optical drive. looks like it was screwed incorrectly causing some sort of short circuit which was inturn causing the laptop not to boot. I justed removed the screw pushed the oringinal drive back. Now it's booting .... what a relief... abandoned the extra HDD caddy option for now

Hello Michael I have a request, as you seem like a true "pro" who is quite knowledgeable. And may have the answer...to my dilemma. I have a 1000 GB HDD that was given to me by a friend who is a PC geek. But there is a major problem the drive is useless it will not "initialize" and can't be Formatted? I have tried a few different things suggested on KZread with no luck. The error message from inside disk management says the drive is not ready? Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated, as well as I believe very educational and informative to your viewers.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Do a Google search for Disk Management drive not ready There are a few links there. Using diskpart to clear the partition might be what you need. You might also try using wd data lifeguard for Windows to erase the drive.

@kevinwiens4804

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael I very much appreciate the quick reply! It is a Seagate Barracuda.. Does that matter?

More ram and a bigger m.2 nvme and a 2 tb ssd and left the disc drive in

Why sacrifice the DVD drive, use a bigger capacity drive and migrate the OS etc.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Most people don't need a DVD drive anymore. Having a cheap smaller capacity solid-state as your C drive and then a much cheaper larger capacity hard drive is a good combination.

my caddy not going inside ....

My ssd on caddy has been listed in bios as ODD, not as HDD/SSD and i can't boot from it.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

You need to make sure you've installed Windows onto the SSD. It should work in either the caddy or in the regular spot for the drive. You might want to try putting the SSD where the other drive is and put the other drive in the caddy. Either way Windows has to be installed on the drive you want to boot to.

I bought one of these caddies from eBay and the listing said it was for my laptop (HP6715b) = 12.7mm thickness. But the drive I inserted into it (already formatted) is not recognised in BIOS, Windows (XP, Vista & W7) nor disk management. I think the drive is not even receiving power as it doesn't spin up or get warm. They sent a replacement FOC, but that is just the same. So: buyer beware!! Just because the listing says it's for your computer, it *only* means it is the correct physical size. It might not actually work on your laptop!!!

@anticeon

5 жыл бұрын

What hdd did you use? I suspect some laptop can't power up high capacity hdd in dvd sata port

@droses1600

5 жыл бұрын

@@anticeon I tried many different makes and models and capacities of HDD, as well as an SSD (all formatted, with data, are recognised when plugged into a normal USB-to-SATA cable). But I don't understand your point. What possible difference could the capacity of a hard drive make in determining if the caddy works or not??

Hello Michael i did the same with my notebook but after installing the second drive fan started spinning faster and louder. Now i have one ssd with windows 10 and hdd (in the dvd slot). I tested it back with just one drive and fan act normal, very silent. Settings in windows 10 are ok (hdd is only for data, no file pagin) Why does the fan act like this? is it because having two drives consume more power and become hotter? Should i remove the second drive to doesn't harm the notbook? Thanks in advance

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

I would say that the hard drive being in the computer wasn't feeding data to the CPU fast enough for it to be fully utilize. Now that that bottleneck has been removed the CPU is able to work harder.

@emanuele6487

4 жыл бұрын

​@@MichaelTheComputerGuy So do you think i can keep both drives? Doesn't it harm notebook stressing it so much?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

The second hard drive won't harm my computer. It will draw a little bit of power but very little. It will add some heat but again I wouldn't worry about it. That being said if you don't need the 2nd drive in the computer you could take it out and use for something else.

@emanuele6487

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Thanks i want to update that after keeping the second drive out it results that fan keeps being noisy, so i think i will just need to replace it (laptop is from 2013). What a strange coincidence, before doing this work fan was working right. I've already blown dust with compressor some time ago it doesn't look dirty, but tomorrow i will try to clean the fan better by removing it. Even if it's seven years old i don't think I need to change thermal paste; cpu and gpu temp looks right to me (40-60degrees) with light usage.

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

4 жыл бұрын

@@emanuele6487 Does is sound like it's just spinning fast or is it making a rattling, buzzing, pitched sound?

Cant I just stick the Hard drive into the SATA port without the caddy?

@MichaelTheComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

No with a laptop in the DVD drive spot you need a caddy

@DeepThinker193

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Hmm, thx.

That a cute HD holder that I've never been able to find..