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Thanks fzabkar. The PSU on this PC is pretty basic. Not modular. It looks like I will have to find a buyer for the pc and try again. Thanks again for all of your help. I do appreciate it.

Question. Could the 8tb drive be damaged by the process of trying to install it? I am working with the seller to replace it. I could try to initialize/format it via a USB to SATA connector and keep it until I find a refurbished system that will let me implement my plan.

fzabkar, Thanks again for your continued assistance. It would appear that I shot myself in the foot with the purchase of the 5060. My plan was to build a home surveillance server with Boot drive, 2tb working drive, and 8 TB storage drive. Not good news. I have not tried hdparm or HDAT2 or...

I just checked the sites you recommended. Malwarebytes blocked them and identified them as riskware. Thanks for hanging in there. The drive says SATA 6Gb/s. Do the specs mean what configurations Dell supplies with this computer and is 'upgradable' or is this a do not exceed spec? As far as...

fzabkar: Thank you very much for taking the time to analyse and respond to my question. I will take a look and let you know how it goes.

hedwar2011, Thanks for the reply. That possibility asside, is there any reason this could be caused by the system it was being installed in?

Hello all. New to the forum. I installed a 2tb ssd and an 8tb WD purple HDD in my Dell Optiplex 5060 tower as additional storage (Not boot). Both are internal drives. The 2tb drive showed and is working up fine. The 8tb WD drive does not show up in File Explorer, Disk Management, Device...