How to Install & Activate a Second Drive on a Windows 11 PC
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Are you looking to add a 2nd drive to your Windows 11 PC for extra storage or games? In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and activate a second drive on a Windows 11 PC. This process will work for SSD's and HDDs that you are looking to add and set up in your Windows 11 PC.
* If you are adding a second drive that already holds important data, make sure to backup all files first as formatting will delete all of the information.*
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00:01 Introduction
00:41 SSD and Components Being Used
01:43 Installing SSD Into PC Case & Wiring
04:00 Activating & Set-up of Drive in Windows 11
07:12 Final Thoughts
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What if the Disk Management cant see the new disk, but HD Sentinel can?
Installed my second drive ever, I'm a brand new PC builder and built my PC last month so everything is new to me. This guide was literally perfect thank you my man.
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I’m a newish builder too and whenever I add a new hard drive I still come back for a refresher. It’s so helpful! RUclips really makes these thing easier.
Worked like a charm. Microcenter wanted to charge me $100 for this and I did it in 2 min with your help. Thanks!
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Straight to the point. No bloat, no nonsense. Simple, clear instructions beautifully delivered. You're doing the Lord's work, my friend. Thank you!
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This, everything I wanted to know, no bloat.
Fact.
Thank you. I installed a new m.2 SSD and I could not figure out why it was not showing up. Very helpful and this was a very quick process. Everything worked just as you said!
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Brand new to pc and pc building. Currently building my 1st. Your video was a HUGE help and made installing my new 1TB gaming memory card super simple and quick. You rock, Great tutorial, thank you!!
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Thanks a lot for the great video! The explanation was clear and easy to follow. It helped me quickly install and activate my second drive on my Windows 11 PC without any issues. Great job on the detailed instructions, you really made the process easier. Keep up the awesome work with these helpful videos!
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Thank you for the instructions. I purchased a Crucial 1TB SSD for my daughter so she could have extra storage for her photography hobby. Very clear and precise. Thanks again.
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I cannot even describe how thankful I am for this video! I recently purchased a new laptop which only contained a hard drive. I took it to a computer service shop and added a nvme for the main functions in order to speed up the laptop as I have to use it for work. When I got it back, only the nvme drive showed up in "This PC." I knew the hard drive wasn't removed because it still showed in "Device Manager." As someone who doesn't know too much about computers, this video showed me how to finally access my hard drive for extra storage. Thank you so much!
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Wow... such specific instructions... new drive installed in my computer on first go, no issues, in 3 minutes flat. This is the very best type of YT tutorial, thank you, my friend!!
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Appreciate the guide!
Very much a newbie at setting up PCs myself, this guide made it easy to understand - straight to the point, while not "cutting corners" or being too fast
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Thank you, I didnt find this info nowhere I tought my is SSD has an issue. Greate video!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. Straight to the point, you helped me a lot. First time doing this, I'm glad I decided to check here before doing something dumb. I wish you a great weekend!!!
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Thank you so much. It has been hard to find videos discussing adding additional hard drives in Windows 11.
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Only ever used a single HDD/SSD until now and wanted to make sure I didn't mess anything up with having Windows recognize and format the 2nd drive, wonderful guide, extremely straightforward and helpful, thank you so much for the quick and to the point guide!
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My disk is not initialize and I tried to repair the MBR of it with partition assistant ao mei, it works well.
Hi Ken; and thank you very much.
I'm new to WINDOWS 11 ... I just purchased a Kamrui MINI-PC and added a 2.5" SSD (my gosh, the SSDs are so much faster than HDD).
Your tutorial was concise and clear... I appreciate the helpfulness. (and I've subscribed) !
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Great video. Easy instructions to follow and very straight to the point.
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Thank you. I knew how to insert the new drive but I needed the part of how to get Windows 11 to recognise it. You showed it so simply and easily. Thank you!
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My Win 11 cannot boot and I resoted it with ao mei backup per I'm glad I backed up my system in advance.
I’ve learned the hard way to always resort to a full backup before any significant change whether software or hardware.
Considering it saves around 2-3 days of setting up from a clean Windows installation it’s very much worth it.
I know nothing about PCs and got a hand-down for some casual gaming. The person recommended I get an SSD, and man was I confused when I installed the hardware and nothing was showing up in the system... This was super helpful and dummy-proof! Thank you for a great video!
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I just inserted my first SSD thanks to this video.
I bought a pre-built, so I was worried about damaging anything. Luckily, it switched on and everything is still working as it should.
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LIFESAVER! I had to format my drive due to failing to delete some data from it. Did a clean install of drivers and all, and it wasn't showing up fro windows. This video saved my life
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I was lowkey panicking when I didn't see the other drive lol. You are awesome!!
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Great tutorial. I was also installing a 1TB drive and as a total noob it was nice to see the numbers matching along the way.
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Just bought a new SSD and didn't know how to initialize/activate it, you're a lifesaver
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Installed a new ssd for my laptop and was completely lost. This video was clear and helped me! Thank you!
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Probably the easiest tutorial video I've ever followed on RUclips!
Thank you for this simple 2min problem free setup!
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tysm. I remember looking up a video and i had no idea why new simple volume was greyed out lol. finally gonna put some use to my 2tb ssd
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Thank you so much! I have been searching all day for how to do this, but was sent on wild goose chases. Your video was perfect and allowed me to add my new drives perfectly and fast. Your video is wonderful and most helpful. Thank you!
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Thank you, this video was very helpful! Got my new drive setup with no issues whatsoever!
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Thank you! 4th video I've watched. Clear, concise and tonthenpoint. Everything matched up to what was happening on my computer. Again, ty
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Just ran into your video on installing a second SSD HDD. Really helped out. Thanks!
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Did the Windows portion right alongside you without needing to pause. Thanks!
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easy well done. was not able to find where to format it.. followed the video, took me 2 min.. thanks !!!
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I went looking around for a simple video like this this was by far the fastest, easiest and best! Thank you very much!
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Thanks a lot! My friend just built me a new computer, and I wanted to add a new SSD for gaming purposes. Got it all installed, but had no idea where to configure it in my settings.
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Thank you so much for the extremely detailed yet easy to follow video. I just got a new Corsair gaming desktop and wanted to add another M.2 to my asus motherboard, and this video was perfect! Much appreciated!
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Thank you even at this date only small portions of creators has done this thank you verry much this make it easier for windows 11 users
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I had to go back in my history and like this video after closing out too quickly. I literally would have been so lost without your help. Thanks so much! Now off to gaming I go!
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I watched a few different videos none of them really helped but this one was amazing and simple thank you
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Thanks so much for this I got a New PC a while back that Didn't have a second Drive so i wanted to transfer the secondary Drive from my old PC to the new one
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Thank you very much for not doing this at super speed. i was able to follow and duplicate the whole process while watching the video. THANK YOU!
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Love it!!! Straight to the point, no catch, no BS!!! I was able to get it done so fast by following step by step!! Mad Thank you!!
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Thx, installed a drive in my laptop and everything seemed fine but didn't show up. Did what you did and it's perfect now!
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Thanks! Everything went just as you said.
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Great tutorial thanks!
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Thanks! Needed this help as I just installed W11, and had no clue where to find this
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Awesome thanks, only watched the digital setup part but it was easy and straight forward
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Thanks buddy.. Just built my first gaming PC and installed 2 SSD's, and this video helped me out a bunch!
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Thank you, I was getting worried that I hadn't connected it correctly or something? I wouldn't have found this without help. Cheers!
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Thank you! Great video and great explanation....I had installed my SSD but couldnt find it....this did the trick!!
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Had it all set up for a new install, this helped to add 12 tb of storage for me
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Thanks bro, first time doing anything inside a PC, very clear to follow, worked wonderfully
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Thank you I had to go thru so many tutorials thanks I had the hard drive for one year
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So helpful mate thanks for the guide,just installed my 1TB SSD from looking at this video 👍👍
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Thank you! It's been a minute since I've set up a new ssd. Thanks for the refresher!
Glad to help!
This was the only video that fitted what I needed to do. New PC but forgot to include an additional hard drive. So purchased and installed with your help. Especially the Disk Management instruction.
One problem I had was where to fit the SATA plug because it already had a M.2 (NGFF) SSD fitted and apparently t shares the band width with the SATA sockets and you cant have both. (ASUS mother board) I'm sorted now but would help if in your next video you mentioned there might be a problem and how to solve it.
easy tutorial, very nice pace in the video, my new 2TB ssd works just fine now, thank you so much :D
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Great video! It helped me set up my SSD. Thank you for getting straight to it!
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Thank you very much - this was exactly what I needed to get my new hard drive working.
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Thank you so much! This was such a helpful video, new sata drive safely installed thanks to u
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I have not done that in such a long time. I had to say wait did I forget something. Thank you dude!
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finally someone who showed wth to do , i didnt know and no videos helped besides this one
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Thanks so much for this video. I just got the Samsung 990 Pro and I couldn't figure out how to get windows to find it. Thanks again.
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Thank you so much I can now do what I need to do on my pc with out the low disk space prompt coming up all the time
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Thank you so much, I'm new to 11 and was having an issue, very clear, very quick, 100% satisfied
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Thanks for the informational video. Clear, concise, and no foreign accent!
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It seems easy to handle after watching this, will have a try later thank you.
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you saved my day. i had never done something like this and i thought to myself that i had broken it
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thank you im new to the pc world and this actually helped out alot
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thank you. it's been a minute since I have done this and you gave me the confidence to do this.
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Perfect! Thank you!
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Found this on Google, had to go onto RUclips just to give you a like!
Thanks for the help! :D
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Thank you so much! I was having a bit of trouble at first but you made it super simple and to the point!
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I'm literally commenting just to push this up on the algorithm. Tyvm!
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100% the sort of tech video that is needed. Excellent tutorial. Thanks. 👍👍
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Thank you so much. Learning to put otgether a PC and i've upgraded to a new 2TB M.2.
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Thanks i installed my ssd card and i didnt know why it was showing up thanks for helping me find out how to set it up
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it's logical but I just wanted to be SURE.. after forking out for an 8TB drive... I realized I'd not added a drive in 11 LOL! Thanks for the walk through, totally relaxed video. Cheers
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Echo all positive comments here. Perfect instructions, simple, step by step. Thanks NVE.
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Thank you so much I installed the hard drive so quickly because of you and I followed right away
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REALLY heplful. I had no idea what I was doing and this really helped. Thank you man!
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Thank you so much! Awesome video, straight to the point with no fluff! Haven't built a system in awhile and all of your videos have been extremely helpful!
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Nice and thorough but not overcomplicated step by step, very helpful.
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Thank you so much that help me a lot
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Great video👍
I’m assuming to do the same with a laptop as opposed to a desktop it’s simply a matter of connecting the SSD to one of the USB ports on the side and following these same instructions?
Thanks for the video. I'm totally devoid of intelligence when it comes to my PC and this made things nice and simple. It was simply a matter of plugging the two plugs in as the drive was from my old PC that died.
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Great job. Very simplified for those of us who are tech challenged.
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Honestly, thank you. I never had anything to do with my gaming pc when it came to replacing or adding parts, but thanks to your video i managed to install my first hard drive without a problem. For some people that isnt a very big thing but i am still proud of it xD
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How do I avoid losing the data already on the hard drive ( from another PC ) I don't want to format when I install the hard drive )
Thank you so much. Very helpful video, easy to follow instructions. New SSD successfully formatted.
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Excellent. Just got my new 1tb ssd and thought it was a Dodge unit but I knew it wasn't just as simple as connecting it up. Cheers 👍
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Worked perfectly for setting up my new SSD on my laptop thank you for the vid.
Great to hear!