Probably been fifteen or twenty years since I installed a hard drive. I added one to my PC this morning and it took less than twenty minutes from start to finish. Your video made it SUPER easy. Thank you.

Thank you for this video! I added two SSD drives successfully due to the clarity and completeness of your presentation.

Thank you for a very clear presentation. I appreciate when people teach and don't get carried away with excess talking. Very good job.

The tip about resting the tabs on top of the arrows really helped a lot.

I haven't opened my case yet but I was going to replace a problematic drive. Your video is so well done that now I'm going to max my storage too. This is the first time I've gotten excited about spending more money than I planned. Thanks for that!

THANKS for showing what hold that bar in! I have to replace both secondary drives. DELL manual does NOT show what you did! I need to used 2 new larger drives until next system in a few months. No matter that I got so much use, over the years, I will never buy another DELL. Lots of hiccups with this and Dell pushed out 4 or 5 Bios updates since I had this

Just added a hard drive and ssd while watching this video, really helpful - thanks very much

Thank you so much! I was able to easily install the 2 supplemental hard drives to my XPS 8930 tower. Your instructions were clear & you showed everything that is needed. I really appreciate your video assistance. Have a fabulous day!

thank you for this, I am a beginner when it comes to working with computer hardware, and i was so confused as to how you add a second hard drive with written tutorials because none of them talked about where to plug the cables into the motherboard at all, now i understand a lot better

Thanks for the clear step by step instructions. I installed a 8TB yesterday very easily.

Hi Lloyd. MANY THANKS! I've been back and forth with Dell Tech support for two weeks now. It's been a while since I've installed a hard drive and I only needed to know where (or how) to find and connect the "Data-cable" to the drive. Dells only solution: pay $99 for a support call, or send the computer in (5-10 day process).for them to install. Your video not only solved the "Data-cable" mystery (use a Sata Cable) but answered questions I had not thought of yet. Well Done. It should have been my 1st choice to check KZfaq and next time I will.

Dude, this was super helpful. Just installed a new tertiary drive into my Dell after watching your video. Their service manuals are not that helpful.

Thank you for doing this video, it helped me through the process very well. My first hard installed perfectly, you covered all my worries

Straight to the point, thank you!!

Terrific video- the very best one showing all of this. thank you

Excellent. I was baffled as I am used to Dell server towers and they have all the cables there waiting, SATA and power. I spent ages searching inside the XPS 8930 SE for the SATA cables. DUH!. Thanks.

Thank you

Niiice - great video. It covered everything I needed. Thanks so much!!

Awesome supporting video, this helps a lot! Dell should pay you for this since all the Dell customters got their problems fixed 🙂 ... thank you so much!

Thank you!

I absolutely LOVE Dell and have become their BIGGEST advocate telling everyone I know family & friends if they're in the market for a computer to buy DELL!!!... man, their customer service is MUCH better than HP's. I used to only buy HP's but when it was time to upgrade my desktop, I decided to give the XPS 8930 a try because it offered 3 internal drive bays and the competing HP desktop at the time only offered 2. I originally purchased the "bare bones" system... *8GBs memory *128MB M.2 NVMEe ssd *1TB hard drive *No video card I only wanted the bare bones system because I was planning on gradually upgrading it myself. A few months after I purchased it, it stopped booting so I contacted Dell and made arrangements to send it back for warranty repairs... turns out the ssd was mis-seated so it really wasn't a serious problem. Anyway, a few days after they received it, I got a call from one of their technicians asking if I wanted to "buy" a new top cover for my computer because they said mine was broken. I told them, "That's impossible", that it was a new system and when I packed it for shipping there wasn't a scratch anywhere on it and had the pictures I took at FedEx where I packed it for shipping to prove it. The following day, I received a call from someone at Dell informing me that since the computer was still so new they didn't have a new top cover available and wanted to know if I'd be willing to accept an "exchange" (refurbished) unit. I was REAL hesitant at first but ultimately agreed to the exchange after I was assured it would be in just "as good" condition and might even be better than my original system. Later that afternoon, I received an email informing me of the specifications from the "exchange" unit they were sending me... *64 GBs memory *256MB M.2 NVMe sse *2TB hard drive *NVIDIA Geforce GTS 1060 video card When Dell "exchanges" they seriously UPGRADE you too! After I received the exchange unit, I immediately upgraded the 256GB NVMe M.2 ssd to a Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA ssd and replaced the original 2TB 3.5" hard drive with three 4TB 2.5" hard drives to store all my multimedia on. Even though the 'Setup & Specifications' sheet states the system can only use up to 4TB hard drives I read a post by someone on one of the XPS 8930 forums that it can actually use larger hard drives so I'm planning on trying out a 10TB drive and if it works, will probably replace the 4TB hard drives with a pair of 10TB drives. I"m also planning on upgrading the 1TB SATA ssd with a 2TB NVMe ssd pretty soon. I absolutely LOVE my XPS 8930 and couldn't be happier with it and Dell's customer service. I originally started out with a "bare bones" system and ended up with a top-of-the-line system worth 3-4x more than I originally paid. By-the-way... You should have removed the video card which would have allowed you much easier access to connect and route the SATA 3 cables when installing your drives. That's what I did and it made things so much easier for a clean cable routing... those raised "L" tabs in the middle of the top of the drive cages are cable "holds" so you can route the cables cleanly and securely. Just tuck your cables under those tabs and they'll securely hold and keep them in place.

Very helpful. Thanks!

Thank you. Service manual only talks about replacing drives, not adding anything. I would still be looking for the SATA ribbons if I hadn't found this video.

This was very helpful thankyou!

Great Video, Thank you

Thank you for this!

Great tutorial. You’re super thorough. Thank you.

HDD only move slower if you think too fast. ~ Sun Tzu

very helpful video. I didn't see you wearing the static discharge stuff. Not necessary? Don't do this at home?

great video--perfect!

Thanks!

Very well

A bit late, but thanks! Got the regular 8930 and installed a WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD with 1TB. Planning on adding another with 2TB. Games and 3d Software demand more Space now.

Thank you so much, you did a really nice job on this! :) I'm adding SSDs from SanDisk and don't have a lot of time to mess with it. Thumbs UP much appreciated! AND, since I never move my computers and have an industrial metal rack where my editing station is, could I just open the computers, remove the outter cabinet and just leave them open all the time? I'm in a relatively dust-free environment. Good idea or Bad idea? Thanks again.

You're video said you found a 2.5 slot, where is it? I can't find it.

In the run box you can also type "partition" minus the quotes and the virtual disk service will come up and you can rearrange drive letters and partition the drives

What is the model number of data cable? What is the exact name for the cable? Thank you

just added a 4tb WD black to my 8920, same interior case architecture. When I tried to boot, I got nothing but a black screen, couldn't access anything. Anybody know what could cause this?

Thank you for your guidance. I have the same Dell and added a Crucial SSD 1 TB and a 4 TB HDD and it came with the 2TB HDD

Do you have a video for installing M.2 PCIe in the 8930?

I just did this to my XPS 8930. But on my system, it did not recognize my added drive in "Computer management "or file explorer. You might show how to get the system to see the new drive using cmos setup F12 while booting. Then going to storage management to format and allocate the new drive? Good video though.

Thanks for the video Lloyd. Are you using the stock power supply to power the GTX 1070 ti? If so, I wonder if it can handle my RX 580. Thanks.

Can you please make a video where you show how to replace the psu 🙏

Am I the only one hearing the spooky music in the background??

Can you plz give me a link ,wear to buy that cooler,thanks.

Once I get a new HD in, I want to clone it from the smaller C drive, and then maybe remove the C drive so It will boot. 1. whats the best way to clone, with the drive installed? 2. Are all the sata drives compatible? thanks

Hey bro. How do i install internal hard drives to this tower?

Hello. I just got this tower with a i7 9700 gen 9. I used your video to identify how to change out the ssd 256 to a 1tb. I was wondering if you'd know if its compatible with the 2070 graphics card you have for your i9 you mentioned in another comment. I cant figure out how to tell if it will function. Sorry for bothering. Thank you for taking your time to read this.

Do you have a video on replacing the PSU?

So, i'm home from work and checking out some more of your videos, i get watching the drive installation here and i'm thinking you could mount 2 drives on each of those trays. Screw the ssd to the top of the tray first and then mound the 3.5" hdd inside the tray after :) I think of stuff like this at the chinese buffet too..........so i can get maximum food on one plate ! Lol

If you know how, it would be nice if you could post a video of how to replace the optical drive with still another drive, either SSD or spinning discs. Then you would have 5 HDDs available!

Quick question when you order it from Dell how long did it take to come in?

Please make a video about how to swap this pc to nzxt case

Um, kind of silly question but what kind of screws do you need to mount the ssd to the cage?

Hi. I'm looking for a music recording PC. I don't need any gaming graphics etc. Is this a good system? I don't want the synth VSTs slowing down or lag on my guitar. Does an SSD help with this or is that the concern of the Processor and RAM? Thanks.

I've just finished installing my second secondary hard drive in my new XPS 8930, and I've had similar problems with both. The first second drive was a WD Ultrastar. Everything connected and initialized properly, but the drive would not stop spinning...LOUDLY...even when the drive was not being accessed. It was intolerable, so I removed and returned it to B&H. I just installed a Seagate Exos, and this drive also seems to spin continuously and slightly less noisily...even though it's not being accessed. Is this normal behavior with second drives? Is there some Dell setting I need to employ so that the drive only spins when accessed? Do I have a bad data cord or power cord? Am I doing something wrong?

How or where do I add the 19 in one reader from my xps 8700 or can I? Thank you.

Could you provide a link to the black tray that you have to mount the drive in the metal sleeve?

Niiice - great video. It covered everything I needed. Thanks so much!!