Can the red sata go into the CD rom?

[ForestDingo]

I have my internal and SSD drives all hooked up, but I don't seem to have another Sata data cable. I notice that there's a red one hanging from my computer case. Can this be used to plug into the drive?

 

[synphul]

So long as it's a free sata data cable not being used, is plugged into the appropriate sata connector on the motherboard, then yes it can be used so long as the cd rom is sata.