SSD and HDD only 1 sata cable

[Josh_777]

Ok so i recently bought a 2tb HDD to go alongside my 128gb ssd and it turns out i only had 1 sata data cable. I was wondering if the only way to solve this is to buy another data cable or is there another way. I saw somewhere that simply moving the data cable from my ssd to my hdd will result in no problems but im not sure if this is true

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Welcome to the community, Josh!

Indeed, you shouldn't face any issues if you buy another SATA cable! The SATA data cables are backward compatible & universal. You need to connect & install your storage drives properly. If you have already done that, then most certainly you can swap the SATA data cables between your drives and buy another one, if you cannot find an additional one at home. It's unfortunate that your motherboard doesn't have a spare SATA cable available, though.

Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD

 

[Josh_777]

Welcome to the community, Josh!

Indeed, you shouldn't face any issues if you buy another SATA cable! The SATA data cables are backward compatible & universal. You need to connect & install your storage drives properly. If you have already done that, then most certainly you can swap the SATA data cables between your drives and buy another one, if you cannot find an additional one at home. It's unfortunate that your motherboard doesn't have a spare SATA cable available, though.

Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD

right so to sum it up the only solution is to purchase another one?

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Yes, @Josh! If you plan to use both drives simultaneously you will definitely need an additional SATA cable.
A friendly advice:
If you are doing a clean install on the SSD, make sure you unplug the SATA data cable that is connecting the HDD until the installation has finished. Otherwise, you might encounter an OS confusion which can scatter the system files across all the SATA devices connected to the motherboard at the time of the Windows install. This results in a lot of booting issues, so make sure you avoid it. You can do this, until the new SATA cable arrives and then configure the HDD as your secondary storage drive.
IF you need further assistance, check this tutorial: Windows Install & Optimization for SSDs & HDDs

Best of luck! Hope I was able to help out.
SuperSoph_WD

 

[CountMike]

Welcome to the community, Josh!

Indeed, you shouldn't face any issues if you buy another SATA cable! The SATA data cables are backward compatible & universal. You need to connect & install your storage drives properly. If you have already done that, then most certainly you can swap the SATA data cables between your drives and buy another one, if you cannot find an additional one at home. It's unfortunate that your motherboard doesn't have a spare SATA cable available, though.

Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD

right so to sum it up the only solution is to purchase another one?

Anything else would be foolish, they cost so little.