1. Install Second Hard Drive Dell Xps 8900

Help installing raid 0 using Samsung 850 EVO SSDs on Dell XPS 8300 System: Dell XPS 8300, i7-2600, 3.4 GHz, 16 GByte memory running Windows 10 PRO. Currently the boot device is a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB. Apr 27, 2012  I plan to install a second hard drive in my dell xps 8300 desktop.? After physically installing the 2tb 'bare' hard drive in the second slot of the machine, should I use the 'format' option provided by the win7 control panel?

I just wanted to post this because I saw confusion in this topic in several other posts with no definitive answers. Also, some Dell chat tech support reps give incorrect info on this. I was told by a tech support rep (I won't mention his name but definitely a name from India) that the Dell XPS 8300 can only use 2 hard drives. There were a few others I chat with who said the same thing. That is absolutely 100% incorrect. One can already make the speculation that it can support more than 2 hard drives just by counting the number of SATA ports in the motherboard - there are 4.

However, I am speaking from my own personal experience in having successfully connected 3 hard drives, not just guessing or speculation. You could probably also connect 4 hard drives if you wanted, but you'd probably want 1 of the 4 SATA ports to be for your CD/DVD-ROM drive. In another post someone is concerned with where a 3rd hard drive can be screwed into. A 3 rd hard drive fits PERFECTLY into the slot just above the 2 hard drive slots (the flexbay slot). I mean perfectly – it is a very snug fit, it's almost as though this slot was designed to fit a hard drive (even though the Dell tech support rep said that this slot could not be used for a hard drive - how wrong he was).

Install Second Hard Drive Dell Xps 8900

The hard drive does not move around (it takes a firm amount of pressure to move it) so there is no need to screw it in - it just stays in place firmly. And it works, I tested it and now I have 3 hard drives on my XPS 8300. Here is a pic of all 3 hard drives installed. You can see the green underside of the first 2 hard drives and the 3rd hard drive is immediately to the left in this photo (if the computer is upright then it would be the slot above the hard drive slots): Here is a front view photo: Notice how the slot fits the hard drive perfectly. Again, it does not move easily without firm pressure so there is no need to screw it in. Note, I could have also put the hard drive into the 2nd CD/DVD-ROM bay but it wouldn't be an exact fit (you'd probably have to buy and put in brackets) and also, why waste this slot in case you do want a 2nd CD/DVD-ROM drive later? The tech support rep said that the flexbay slot is a 'dummy' slot and does not have a purpose (but again he said that a hard drive could not go in there, so even this could be wrong info).

Rangbaaz indian bangla movie torrent download free. Anyway I hope this helps someone who is also considering 3 hard drives in their Dell XPS 8300. Here is a video I posted on the topic.

I posted this because as of this date the Dell XPS 8300 is the flagship model for Dell and is the current high performance model being sold on their website. There is confusion in the Dell forums as well as among Dell technical support about the issue of the number of hard drives that can be installed on this computer. Some Dell tech support reps are giving incorrect info.

I was told by a tech support rep that the Dell XPS 8300 can only use 2 hard drives. There were a few others I chat with who said the same thing.

That is absolutely 100% incorrect. This video shows how it's done as well as a few other tips regarding multiple hard drives.