Adding 2nd hard drive to windows 7

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stephen3131 Posts 1 Registration date Saturday 15 September 2012 Status Member Last seen 15 September 2012 - 15 Sep 2012 à 22:38
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 - 16 Sep 2012 à 15:58
Hi,
im trying to add a WD 250GB hard drive as my second hard drive on a dell optiplex gx620

i have the power cord and the sata cord plugged in properly but when i turn my computer on it does'nt show up anywere not in disk management or my computer no were

What do it do so my computer will recognize the hard drive and i will be able to use it

Thanks
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
16 Sep 2012 à 15:58
Either the drive is dead or the SATA cable/ power cable is bad.